US embassy cable - 03ANKARA2390

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TURKISH MFA SAYS EU NOT LOBBYING AGAINST ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT

Identifier: 03ANKARA2390
Wikileaks: View 03ANKARA2390 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Ankara
Created: 2003-04-13 13:16:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: MARR PREL PHUM TU
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 002390 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/SE 
 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/14/2004 
TAGS: MARR, PREL, PHUM, TU 
SUBJECT: TURKISH MFA SAYS EU NOT LOBBYING AGAINST ARTICLE 
98 AGREEMENT 
 
 
REF: A. SECSTATE 92117 
     B. ANKARA 2317 
 
 
(U) Classified by Polcouns John Kunstadter; reasons 1.5 b and 
d. 
 
 
(C) In response to reftel A, we asked Feza Ozturk, head of 
the MFA International Political Organizations Department, 
whether the EU has approached the GOT on the issue of signing 
an Article 98 agreement with the USG.  Ozturk said the EU has 
not raised the issue with the GOT since August 2002, when 
EU-candidate Romania's decision to sign an Article 98 
agreement led to EU demarches to the GOT and other 
governments around the world.  He said the GOT is not facing 
outside pressure to delay an agreement, and repeated reftel B 
arguments that higher-level MFA officials believe the GOT 
should delay an agreement due to the conflict in Iraq. 
 
 
PEARSON 

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