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Turkey to Remove Iran From Enemies Watchlist

   VOA News 23 August 2010
   Turkish  Foreign  Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, right, poses for the media
   with  his  Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki in Istanbul, Turkey,
   25 Jul 2010 (file photo)

Photo: AP

   Turkish  Foreign  Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, right, poses for the media
   with  his  Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki in Istanbul, Turkey,
   25 Jul 2010 (file photo)

   A  Turkish  press report says Turkey will remove Iran from a watchlist
   of  nations  it  considers  as threats to its national security.  The
   newspaper  Milliyet  reported  Monday  that  Turkey  also  will remove
   Russia, Iraq and Greece as primary threats in the so-called Red Book -
   a national security policy document.
   The  report  said  the  updated  list  is part of a security review by
   Turkey's   National   Security  Council,  which  will  be  adopted  in
   October.   The  national  security document was last revised in 2005,
   when Islamic fundamentalism and Kurdish separatism were considered the
   greatest threats to Turkish security.
   Turkey  and  Iran  are  active trading partners in the energy sector.Â
   Turkey  already  buys  a  third  of  its  gas imports from Iran and is
   looking  to  expand its relationship to power sales and the transit of
   Iranian gas to Europe.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.

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