Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu elaborated on the discussion on a missile shield project among the public opinion saying that the created perception that virtually a missile war will be started and Turkey will be hosting that was wrong.
Addressing a press conference in Brussels Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that some of the news regarding the missile shield project was wrongly projected in the public opinion.
Davutoglu said that they do not want to have any contradiction between the security measures to be taken and defense system and their foreign policy vision.
CROWLEY SAYS THEY DISCUSSED THEIR MISSILE SHIELD SYSTEM WITH TURKEY
US State Department Spokesman Philip Crowley said that they have discussed their missile shield system planned for Europe with Turkey.
Answering a question in his daily press briefing, Crowley said that they had discussed their missile shield system with Turkey to be established in cooperation with NATO and had a meeting with Turkish officials yesterday in the context of NATO Foreign Ministers and Defense Ministers.
Crowley said that defense against Iranian long range missiles lies behind the Gradual Warning System Model and he thinks that their European allies are aware of an open threat to them from Iranian missiles.