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Viewing cable 05ANKARA3367, JUNE 13 GAERC DEMARCHE - TURKEY

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
05ANKARA3367 2005-06-14 09:51 2011-08-30 01:44 CONFIDENTIAL Embassy Ankara
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 003367 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/14/2015 
TAGS: CM IR IZ LE PREL YI PARM TU EUN
SUBJECT: JUNE 13 GAERC DEMARCHE - TURKEY 
 
REF: STATE 105235 
 
Classified By: Polcounselor John Kunstadter; reasons:  E.O. 12958 1.4 ( 
b,d). 
 
1.  (U) We delivered reftel demarche on June 13 to Turkish 
MFA EU Political Affairs Department First Secretary Ege 
Turemen; he provided minimal responses to the following 
demarche topics. 
------ 
Kosovo 
------ 
He noted that the U.S. position remains the same as that 
enunciated in an earlier demarche about the Balkans and 
Kosovo. 
---- 
Iran 
---- 
He said Turkey would support permitting Iran to have a 
peaceful nuclear power program. 
------- 
Lebanon 
------- 
He noted that Prime Minister Erdogan planned to visit Lebanon 
June 15. 
---- 
Iraq 
---- 
Turemen said that Turkey wanted U.S. assistance to fight PKK 
terrorism.  On Iraq, he further stated that Turkey considers 
it a milestone for Iraq to develop a constitution; supports 
the political process; favors capacity building; urges Iraqis 
to include Sunnis in the political process; hopes Iraqis work 
to achieve a good Kurdish-Iraqi relationship; and urges 
Turkish-Iraqi border security cooperation to fight terrorism, 
noting the developments in Iraq will have repercussions 
beyond that country. 
----- 
China 
----- 
He simply noted the U.S. position on the China Arms Embargo. 
 
2.  (C) Comment:  Turemen's weak performance reflects both 
the passive-aggressiveness of Turkey's policy harmonization 
with the EU and the unwillingness of the MFA to take 
forthright positions on many issues of key importance to the 
U.S.  End comment. 
EDELMAN