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Ayalon: Turkey's decision should be looked into without bowing our heads

Ayalon Turkeys decisio

By JPOST.COM STAFF

OCTOBER 11, 2009 13:51

Following Turkey's decision to cancel its participation in a planned joint military exercise with the Israel Air Force scheduled for this week, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon told Israel Radio on Sunday afternoon that "the incident must be looked into accurately without bowing our heads." Turkey informed Israel of the cancellation of the Anatolian Eagle exercise last week, which was to also include US, Italian and NATO forces, saying this was because the planes that Israel was going to send likely bombed Hamas targets during Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip earlier this year. Israel is "better off in a coalition of NATO countries led by the US, who will negotiate with the Turks, because [the country's decision to back out of participating in the joint drill] also harms European and American interests," the deputy minister said. "Turkey was and remains a very important strategic anchor in the Middle East," Ayalon concluded.

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