Germany seeks Turkey accord to deploy aircraft in anti-ISIS fight (source)

Germany is seeking an agreement with Turkey to deploy six German reconnaissance aircraft at a Turkish base close to Syria to step up Berlin's role in the fight against ISIS, a diplomatic source in Ankara said Wednesday.

Turkey and Germany were working to finalize a memorandum of understanding to agree within a legal framework the deployment of six Tornado reconnaissance aircraft as well as one refueling aircraft at the Incirlik air base, the source said.

An advance German team was in Turkey last weekend to inspect the base in the southern Adana province in order to make sure that these reconnaissance aircraft can be deployed there, the source added, asking not to be named.

Germany's Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen will meet Thursday with Turkish counterpart Ismet Yilmaz in Ankara for talks to hammer out an agreement on the deployment.

"We need an agreement. Turkey is a sovereign state," the source said...
  AFP
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 2/12/15
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