Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Saturday, March 22, 2003
Germany Warns to Withdraw from NATO Surveillance Planes over Turkey
German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer and Defense Minister Peter Struck Saturday jointly warned that Germany would pull its crew members out of NATO surveillance planes patrolling the Turkish airspace if Turkey pours it troops into northern Iraq.
German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer and Defense Minister Peter Struck Saturday jointly warned that Germany would pull its crew members out of NATO surveillance planes patrolling the Turkish airspace if Turkey pours it troops into northern Iraq.
The warning message was announced after the two ministers attended a meeting of Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's security cabinet on Friday.
It was reported that some 1,000 Turkish troops had crossed intonorthern Iraq earlier Friday. But the Turkish military immediatelydenied the report.