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Turquie-Europe
Ankara convoque ses ambassadeurs en Europe
ANKARA, 4 mai (AFP) - Le ministère turc des affaires étrangères a
convoqué ses ambassadeurs dans les capitales européennes pour des
consultations vendredi et samedi, alors qu'Ankara est la cible de fortes
pressions européennes en faveur du respect des droits de l'homme.
Le ministère turc a annoncé jeudi que les relations de la Turquie avec
les institutions et pays européens seraient au centre de ces entretiens.
Les relations entre Ankara et les instances européennes se sont
notamment tendues après la décision des parlementaires du Conseil de
l'Europe de recommander au Comité des ministres (organe exécutif) la
suspension de la Turquie de l'organisation si Ankara ne faisaient pas de
progrès en matière des droits de l'homme et de démocratisation d'ici la fir
juin.
Selon les exigences de l'Assemblée, Ankara devra avoir d'ici là "retiré
ses forces du nord de l'Irak", entamé "la recherche d'une solution
pacifique au problème kurde" et donné "un délai précis dans lequel la
Turquie devra rendre sa Constitution et sa législation conformes aux normes
du Conseil de l'Europe".
Cette mise en demeure a été repoussée catégoriquement par les
parlementaires et le gouvernement turcs qui y voient "une ingérence
inacceptable dans les affaires intérieures turques et une atteinte à la
souveraineté nationale".
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AFP /J00245/041707 MAI Q~
US State Department: Turkey deserves
help of NATO allies in fight against PKK
us supports PUK and KDP working out a solution in N. Iraq
Turkish Daily News
WASHINGTON-
A U.S. State Department official
who asked to remain anonymous told a group of
Turkish journalists on Tuesday that Turkey deserved
the help of other NATO members in its fight against
the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
Recently the Netherlands - a NATO memberallowed
the formation of a Kurdish "parliament-inexile"
in the Hague.
The U.S. State Department described the organization
as a "PKK parlia!llent" an~ said ~t~id not ~ecog,~
nize it. "We agree With the pnme minister (Çlller),
the official said. "Turkey as a NATO ally deserves the
support of all NATO members on the question.o,f,PKK
terrorism. All NATO partners have a responsibility to
help Turkey." ..
As to the situation in northern Iraq, the offiCIaI
again expressed that the State Department supported
the Turkish appeal to the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
(PUK) 'and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) to
contain the PKK in the area.
"We support any agreements the Kurds of northern
Iraq work out to provide more security to the people of
northern Iraq. We don't believe in the Turkish govern-
ment' s staying for a long term in Iraq. You know our
position," the official said~
"We at the same time support Turkey's continuing
interest in fighting PKK terrorists," the official added.
"So if the Iraqi.Kurdish factions can finally work out
some kind of agreement to deal with that problem, to
protect the people of northern Iraq, that's in our interest."
,
Answering another question, the U.S. State
Departmentofficial said that Pri'!le Ministe~ Tans~
Çiller did not suggest any chan~es ill the Turkish-Iraqi
border during'her visit to Washington.
U.S. State .D~p~ent spokes~an Nichol!l5 Bums
reflected a slimIar vlewpomt dunng the dally press
briefing. When asked his views ~egarding the security
arrangement i~ the area, he said: m~.e~ery ~uch agree
with the Turkish government that It ISm the mterest of
the two main Kurdish factions in northern Iraq to provide
security in northern Iraq so that the prob1em of
PKK terrorism, which.emanates from inside Turkey,
can be eliminated.
And that concern about PKK terrorism is something
that we share very deeply with the Turkish government."
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