Turkey Expects To Reach Compromise With U.S. Within Few Months

WASHINGTON D.C. - Turkey expects to reach compromise with the U.S. regarding the issue of sending soldiers to Iraq within few months.
A Turkish diplomat in Washington D.C. said on Friday that Turkey expected to reach that compromise with U.S. within at most one-two months, or a period lesser than that.
The Turkish diplomat said that the determination of military details was at an early stage despite the decision of the parliament, adding that the number one issue was the place where Turkish soldiers would be deployed. The same diplomat said that negotiations with U.S. would continue mainly at military level in Ankara and that it would also have a political dimension.
Meanwhile Turkish Ambassador to the U.S. Faruk Logoglu had contacts with U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz and U.S. National Security Council's high ranking official Dan Fried about the Iraqi issue.
The Turkish diplomat said that Turkey's sending soldiers would bring other economic benefits to Turkey both in respect of trade and economy.
Noting that adoption of the motion before U.N. Security Council's taking a decision carried great importance for Washington D.C. and that the American administration was very pleased about that development.
Recalling that there was certain opposition within Iraq to Turkish soldiers' deployment, the diplomat said that there was no compromise within the Iraqi governing council about this issue and only some members reacted to Turkish soldiers. Noting that the U.S. was launching efforts to overcome that, the Turkish diplomat said that ''we expect these members of the council to be persuaded and take a step back.''
(Öª-AY) 10.10.2003