Yakis: Turkish Officials Will Discuss Deployment Of Troops With The U.S. Side In Military Level

WASHINGTON - Foreign Minister Yasar Yakis has said that issues pertaining to the military units which the United States wanted to deploy in Turkey would be discussed by the Turkish and the U.S. sides in military level.
Yakis, who spoke to state-run radio of the United States NPR, reiterated that the Turkish side did not approach positicely towards deployment of high number of soldiers, stating that, ''our impression is that the parliament and the Turkish public are not ready to extend support to passage of tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers from the Turkish territories.''
Pointing out that deployment of much smaller number of troops could be discussed, Yakis said, ''military officials will hold talks with the U.S. side in military level to reach an agreement on a specific number of troops that the two sides can accept.''
NPR radio said Turkey continued regional initiatives increasingly to prevent war, defending that the Turkish side, nevertheless, shed green light to deployment of limited number of soldiers.
The radio said a meeting, which would take place as a result of Turkey's initiative, might take up the view to overthrow Iraqi Head of State Saddam Hussein in return for declaring amnesty to high level Iraqi officials.