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US on the pullout
from northern Iraq:
'Çiller kept her word'
By Ui!ur AkIncl
lurkish Daily News
WASHINGTON- The U.S. State Department has
,said that Washington is "very pleas~d to see. that the
Turkish government has ac~edupo~,ItScOffiffiltm~ntto
the United States and the mternatlOnal commuruty to
withdraw nearly all, a substantial number of its forces,
fonn northern Iraq." ,
On Thursday, the Turkish Genera! Staff, as well. as
Defense Minister Mehmet Gölhan SaId that all Turkish
troops have been withdraw~ from nort~ern Iraq. "
"We did not have a single soldier left the~e,
Gölhan emphasi7ed despite the fact that Deputy Pnme
Minister Hikmet Cetin said a limited number of troops'
were still ins!de Iraq. The Stat~ Department àdopted
Hikmet's versIOnof tfie recent Withdrawal.
''We are in contact with the Turkish government, and
are pleased to note that nearly ~ the 35,009 troops have
departed. There may be ~ we re not q~Ite sure - a
liniited number of soldiers on the other Side of the border
in mopping-up operations." State Department
~okesman Nicholas Bums sai.d they.~ere pl~ased that
yiller kept her word."When Pnme Mlruster Çlller came
here, she assured the president and t~e secret~ t~at.the
Turkish oovernment would keep this operatiOn liffi1ted,
in scope ~d duration, and she has done so ... we're very
pleased to note this development."
Attack on Aktuna
When asked what the official U.S. reaction was to the
recent attack in Greece on State Minister and government
spokesman YlldmI!l Aktu?a; Bu~s s~d:" ,
"We are aware of thiS particular SItUatIOn, Bums
,said. "And we are acutely aware 'and ha~e been for ,a
lono, Iona time of some of the problems m the Greek-
Turkish r~lations," he added.
"We are a strono ally of both countries, and both are
valued members 01 NATO, and we have every confidence
that Greece and Turkey can work out these problems
... They both have strong governments, effective
governments, and they ought to be able to work o~,t
these problems, and we would call upon them to do so.
No info on PKK involvement
According topress reports, there were many pro-
PKK Kurdish actIvists ca.rrying PKK flagsand pictures
of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan among thegroup of
400 that attacked Turkish government spokesm.an in
Greece. But Bums said he was not aware of any mformation
"that would lead us to think that Greece, sup- ,
ports, is actively suPP?~ng, the PKK. And I ~~ rou
know our general posItIon on the PKK. We think It sa
,notorious terrorist organization which deserves to be
acted agàinst. That is what the Turkish government h~s
been doing for a considerable number of. weeks ... I~IS
absolutely necessary to protect the Tur~sh popula~on
from terrorist attacks, and also the Kurdish p?pulal1on
in northern Iraq and in Turkey from the activities of the
PKK." ,
SUNDAY. MAY 7,1995
Russiaand Iran reach accord in
principle on nuclear technology
Agence France Presse
MOSCOW- Russian officials have
reached accord in principle to sell Iran
controversial techriology for enriching
uranium, but have not signed the deal,
Sergei Medvedev, spokesman for
President Boris Yeltsin said Saturday.
Any part of the deal that co.ntravenes
the rules of the InternatIOnal
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
watchdog body will be called off,
Medvedev told AFP. The sale of the
centrifuge, capable of preparing uranium
for use in a nuclear bomb, is
fiercely opposed ~ythe United States.
Yeltsin is aware' .~f the preliminary
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accord but is leaving the negotiations
to the atomic energy ministry',
Medvedev said. The president will
examine the accord if it comes to a
final agreement and "everything that
goes against the demands of the IAEA
will be eliminated," Medvedev said.
"If (the accord) really contradicts
the demands of IAEA" the centrifuge
wi'll not be sold, he said. Earlier
Saturday, Russia's top atomic energy
inspector blasted the aeal, saying that
Iran had no need for a centnfuge for
enriching uranium 235 in order to
provide nuclear fuel for pëaéeful purposes.
LE MONDE / SAMEDI 6 MAI 1995/3
Fin de l'intervention turque,
dans le nord de l'Irak
LE MINISTRE turc de la défense, Mehmet Gölhan, a déclaré, jeudi 4
mai, que l'ensemble des troupes engagées depuis le 20 mars .dernier
contre les bases du PKK au nord de l'Irak avaient été rapatriées. Le
vice-premier ministre, Hikmet Cetin, a, par la suite, précisé que quel.;
ques hommes se trouvaient encore en territoire irakien, mais l'incursion
militaire semble sur le point de se terminer. Le bilan officiel
'des pertes infligées au PKK serait de 555 morts et 13 prisonniers. Le
,gouvernement cherche maintenant à définir la politique régionale de
la Thrquie, après son offensive en Irak; Une délégation du Parti démocratique
du Kurdistan (PDK) est en pourparlers avec les autorités
turques pour tenter de trouver une formule satisfaisante pour le maintien
de la sécurité frontalière contre les incursions du PKK.- (Corresp.)
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