June 02, 2007

TURKEY'S NATO GROUP CHAIRMAN SAYS TURKISH SOLDIERS READY TO SERVE AS PEACKEEPERS IN KARABAKH


First it was Kosovo, then Afghanistan, then Lebanon...

Now there is speculation that if NATO peacekeepers are called to Karabakh as part of a negotiated peace deal, Turkish troops might be included in their ranks.

As reported in the Azeri-Press Agency, Vahit Erdem, the Turkish Parliament's NATO Group Chairman and member of the AKP (Justice and Development Party) stated that:

“If NATO decides it, Turkey will join this campaign as Turkey has close historical links with the Caucasus too. So deploying Turkish soldiers to Nagorno -Karabakh conflict zone will be useful for everyone."

That's like the fox guarding the hen house. We're sure Ankara would like nothing better to get its troops in the conflict zone. They've never really given up their Pan-Turkic ambitions of extending their influence eastwards.

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