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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated

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To: LindyBill who wrote (44601)5/16/2004 3:36:01 AM
From: D. Long  Read Replies (1) of 793820
 
Al-Mustaqbal quoted anonymous Turkish officials saying that the decision also includes the cancellation of multibillion-dollar arms contracts with the United States and that Turkey will instead rely on European military contractors for upgrading its military arsenal, notably French, British and German firms.

The Turkish government is interested in contracting European arms manufacturers in a bidding deal that will both alleviate Turkey's heavy spending on maintaining its army and boost it trade relations with the European Union which it eagerly wants to join.


I think those are the "aha!" paragraphs. The Turks are all but begging at the EU's door.

Derek
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