ANKARA - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer said on Wednesday, ''the issue of dispatch of Turkish soldiers to Iraq has come to an end for me. Settlement of necessary conditions is henceforth quite difficult.''
President Sezer hosted a reception at the Cankaya Presidential Palace to mark the 80th anniversary of foundation of the Republic of Turkey.
Upon a question about dispatch of Turkish soldiers to Iraq, President Sezer told reporters, ''the issue has come to an end for me. Settlement of necessary conditions is henceforth quite difficult.''
(UK) 29.10.2003