トルコ：「主たる脅威」からロシア、ギリシア、イラン、イラクを除外
10月に開催予定のトルコ政府の国家安全保障委員会に提出される文書の「主たる外国脅威」から、ロシア、ギリシア、イラン、イラクが除外された。新しい「主たる脅威」はテロとされている。
トルコ紙の読者コメントには、「トルコは悪の枢軸入りした」「イランがトルコのwatch listから外されたが、トルコが米国のwatch list入りした」と書き込まれた。
Russia no longer 'security threat' to Turkey
13:46 23/08/2010
© RIA Novosti. Mikhail Klimentyev
Turkey will strike four countries, including Russia, from its list of external security threats in a bid to revise the country's national security strategy, national media reported on Monday.
The new national security strategy, the draft of which is to be considered at a National Security Council meeting in October, excludes Russia, Greece, Iran and Iraq from the so-called Red Book - a national security policy document - as "principal external threats," the Milliyet daily said.
Turkey regards international terrorism and fundamentalism as its main external threats.
Ankara has been closely cooperating with the four former "security threats" in recent years and now regards them as its new partners.
Turkey's relations with Russia have greatly improved since Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Party of Justice and Development came to power in 2002.
The draft strategy highlights close bilateral economic cooperation with Russia, good potential in trade and energy, and "a shared vision of stability in the Caucasus."
Turkey to remove Iran from enemies watchlist
Monday, August 23, 2010
ANKARA ― Agence France-Presse
Turkey is to remove Iran from a watchlist of nations it considers a specific threat to its national security, a news report said Monday, amid Western concerns of rapprochement between the two countries.
The updated list is contained in Turkey's security review produced by the country's National Security Council, or MGK, that will be adopted in October and will no longer refer to Iran as a "specific threat," the Milliyet newspaper said.
The review replaces a previous edition published five years ago, the newspaper added.
Members of the council, made up of government and military leaders, were not immediately available for comment on the report on Iran, which Western nations accuse of seeking to develop nuclear weapons.
The new document also downgrades the security threat presented by traditional rival Greece, Milliyet reported. The two countries have long-standing territorial differences but ties have improved recently in the commercial field.
The updated review mentions Iran's controversial nuclear weapons program and repeats Turkey's diplomatic line that it favors a nuclear-free Middle East, in a statement taken as a reference to Israel, which is believed to hold the region's only nuclear weapons arsenal.
Turkey's improved ties with Iran have caused concern in the West. Turkey, a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, upset the United States and its Western allies when it opposed a resolution to impose new sanctions on Iran that was adopted by the Security Council in June.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's government insists that it retains its strong ties to the West even as it seeks deeper relations with its Middle East neighbors and Asia.
At the same time, Turkey's relations with Israel have been strained, notably by the May 31 Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound Turkish aid ship.
Turkey threatened to sever ties completely following the deadly raid unless Israel apologized, a step the Israelis refused to take.
トルコ紙の読者コメントには、「トルコは悪の枢軸入りした」「イランがトルコのwatch listから外されたが、トルコが米国のwatch list入りした」と書き込まれた。
Russia no longer 'security threat' to Turkey
13:46 23/08/2010
© RIA Novosti. Mikhail Klimentyev
Turkey will strike four countries, including Russia, from its list of external security threats in a bid to revise the country's national security strategy, national media reported on Monday.
The new national security strategy, the draft of which is to be considered at a National Security Council meeting in October, excludes Russia, Greece, Iran and Iraq from the so-called Red Book - a national security policy document - as "principal external threats," the Milliyet daily said.
Turkey regards international terrorism and fundamentalism as its main external threats.
Ankara has been closely cooperating with the four former "security threats" in recent years and now regards them as its new partners.
Turkey's relations with Russia have greatly improved since Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Party of Justice and Development came to power in 2002.
The draft strategy highlights close bilateral economic cooperation with Russia, good potential in trade and energy, and "a shared vision of stability in the Caucasus."
Turkey to remove Iran from enemies watchlist
Monday, August 23, 2010
ANKARA ― Agence France-Presse
Turkey is to remove Iran from a watchlist of nations it considers a specific threat to its national security, a news report said Monday, amid Western concerns of rapprochement between the two countries.
The updated list is contained in Turkey's security review produced by the country's National Security Council, or MGK, that will be adopted in October and will no longer refer to Iran as a "specific threat," the Milliyet newspaper said.
The review replaces a previous edition published five years ago, the newspaper added.
Members of the council, made up of government and military leaders, were not immediately available for comment on the report on Iran, which Western nations accuse of seeking to develop nuclear weapons.
The new document also downgrades the security threat presented by traditional rival Greece, Milliyet reported. The two countries have long-standing territorial differences but ties have improved recently in the commercial field.
The updated review mentions Iran's controversial nuclear weapons program and repeats Turkey's diplomatic line that it favors a nuclear-free Middle East, in a statement taken as a reference to Israel, which is believed to hold the region's only nuclear weapons arsenal.
Turkey's improved ties with Iran have caused concern in the West. Turkey, a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, upset the United States and its Western allies when it opposed a resolution to impose new sanctions on Iran that was adopted by the Security Council in June.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's government insists that it retains its strong ties to the West even as it seeks deeper relations with its Middle East neighbors and Asia.
At the same time, Turkey's relations with Israel have been strained, notably by the May 31 Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound Turkish aid ship.
Turkey threatened to sever ties completely following the deadly raid unless Israel apologized, a step the Israelis refused to take.
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