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Turkisb Daily News MONDAY,MARCH 10,1997
US finds Turkey-Iran
energy deal 'unrealistic'
ratic traditions,
that usë the proceeds
Washington- Turkish DaDy News of energy sales to foster terrorism. that
seek to acquire wea~ns of mass
• Hoping that en~ugh repetition of the ~estru~~o~, and that foment regional
same message wIll start to make a IDstability.. .
dent in the current Welfare Party
Deputy Chief of Staff Gen. Çevik
(RP)-True Path Party (DYP) coalition Bir accused Iran in Washington of
government's apparent ap~tite for supporting Kurdistan Workers' Party
Iran's natural gas, a senior U.S. (PKK) terrorism. an assertion which
Administration official said, "U.S.- was later confirmed by the U.S. State
Turkish commercial relations need to Department.
be based on the same principles that
have served the United States and Altematives
Turkey so well with regard to securi- Turning to a theme raised by all relety."
Security relations between the vant Administration officials at every
two NATO allies have been based on public or private opportunity for the
a thoroughly pro- Western orientation last six months, Larson said there
since President Truman declared his were "alternatives" to Iranian gas to
famous "Truman Doctrine" back in meet Turkey' s energy needs.
1947, pledging to ~tect Turkey and "There are alternatives that could
Greece agamst "totalitarian aggres- meet Turkey's needs in a more secure
sian." and cost-effective fashion," Larson
Turkey and Iran signed a $23 bil- Saldo"One ISthe proPQsed pipeline tor
lion 20-year I?atural gas deal in Caspian Sea oil wm Baku in
Tehran back IDAugust 1996. Azerbaijan tÇlCeyhan in Turkey. A
compamon line to carry natural gas
Unrealistic from Azerbaijan, and eventually from
What is needed concemin~ Turkey's Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan, would
energy needs is a "~stic ' ~proach, apyear to be a natural adjunct to the
said Alan Larson, ~SIStant S~tary airline. The United States is prepared
of S~te for Be.ononnc and Busmess to work with Turkey on su