Turkey updates its list of national security threats, removes Iran

[ErnstBlofeld]

GeoStrategy Direct:

 

Turkey was said to have removed neighboring Iran as a security threat.

Officials said the National Security Council has determined that Iran was no longer a threat to Turkey. They said the council has removed Iran from its list of threats in a forthcoming security review, scheduled for publication in October 2010.

 

"Iran is not the same country it used to be and has become a major trading partner with Turkey," an official said.

 

The National Security Council, headed by Prime Minister Recep Erdogan, publishes its security review every five years.

 

 

 

Edited September 23, 2010 by Rheo
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