NATO urges restraint from Turkey over Iraq
Brussels,
Oct
17:
NATO
Secretary
General
Jaap
de
Joop
Scheffer
called
Turkish
President
Abdullah
Gul
to
urge
restraint
ahead
of
a
parliament
vote
due
to
give
Turkish
troops
the
go-ahead
to
enter
northern
Iraq
to
crush
Kurdish
separatist
rebels.
''He expressed his view that all parties should exercise the greatest possible restraint, particularly in this time of great tension,'' NATO spokesman James Appathurai told a regular news briefing on Wednesday.
Ankara says NATO allies have not done enough to help it deal with rebels of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) after a series of deadly cross-border attacks on Turkish troops.
Reuters
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Story first published: Wednesday, October 17, 2007, 16:38 [IST]