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US Defense Secretary to visit Turkey
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will visit Turkey to discuss a US radar system to be installed in eastern Turkey as part of NATO's missile shield project, a report said here on Tuesday.
Turkish Daily News quoted diplomatic sources as saying that Leon Panetta will visit Turkey later this week for talks that are expected to focus on enhancing defense cooperation and the ongoing fight against terrorism.
Panetta's visit comes just two weeks before the end of the year, by which time a US radar system will be installed in eastern Turkey as part of NATO's missile shield project.
According to the report, "The fight against the PKK will be a priority on the agenda for talks with Panetta."
The report added that the meetings scheduled on December 15-16 would also touch upon a $111 million deal between Ankara and Washington for US drones that would be transferred from Iraq to Turkey to provide surveillance support in the fight against the PKK, as well as three AH-1 Super Cobra helicopters that the Pentagon will sell to Turkey.
The US deployed four MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) at Turkey's southern airbase of Incirlik last month. The Cobra helicopters will be dispatched to Turkey in early January, the report said.
Panetta to visit Turkey over shield plan|Middle East|chinadaily.com.cn
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will visit Turkey to discuss a US radar system to be installed in eastern Turkey as part of NATO's missile shield project, a report said here on Tuesday.
Turkish Daily News quoted diplomatic sources as saying that Leon Panetta will visit Turkey later this week for talks that are expected to focus on enhancing defense cooperation and the ongoing fight against terrorism.
Panetta's visit comes just two weeks before the end of the year, by which time a US radar system will be installed in eastern Turkey as part of NATO's missile shield project.
According to the report, "The fight against the PKK will be a priority on the agenda for talks with Panetta."
The report added that the meetings scheduled on December 15-16 would also touch upon a $111 million deal between Ankara and Washington for US drones that would be transferred from Iraq to Turkey to provide surveillance support in the fight against the PKK, as well as three AH-1 Super Cobra helicopters that the Pentagon will sell to Turkey.
The US deployed four MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) at Turkey's southern airbase of Incirlik last month. The Cobra helicopters will be dispatched to Turkey in early January, the report said.
Panetta to visit Turkey over shield plan|Middle East|chinadaily.com.cn
