Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Turkey-NATO in talks over German lawmakers’ visit to Konya base

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Turkey and NATO are in talks regarding a possible visit of German lawmakers to an air base in the Central Anatolian province of Konya within the framework of NATO, a diplomat familiar with the discussion told the Hürriyet Daily News on Aug. 8.

NATO is conducting discussions with the German side, as well for the modalities of a possible visit to the Konya air base, according to the diplomat.

Reuters has reported that Turkey has agreed to let German lawmakers visit soldiers serving at an air base in Turkey next month as part of a NATO trip, a letter from the German foreign minister showed on Aug. 8, after Ankara refused a visit there to German MPs in July.  

A letter from Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel to the head of Germany’s parliamentary defense committee said Turkey had agreed to a NATO proposal for a visit to the air base near Konya on Sept. 8.

Under the plan, NATO Deputy Secretary-General Rose Gottemoeller would lead the delegation and take up to seven members of the parliamentary committee with her.

“The Turkish foreign minister has agreed to this proposal,” Gabriel wrote.
  [hurriyetdailynews.com]
8/8/17
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