Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- [In the past few days tensions between Iran and Turkey-backed Azerbaijan in the Caspian have escalated, threatening to lead to a military confrontation. (Be prepared to hear about an Azeri Liberation Army in northern Iran soon.) As the following dispatch will make clear, Turkey is also NATO's Trojan Horse in points farther east; a common NATO policy to box in and exclude Russia, Iran and Armenia from access to the Caspian and its oil reserves.] Turkey to Give Kazakhstan 10 Million Dollars in Military Aid ALMATY, Aug 3, 2001 -- (Agence France Presse) Turkey intends to provide 10 million dollars in military aid to Kazakhstan over the next decade, a Kazakh official said on Friday. The aid will include military technology and communications equipment, Kazakh Deputy Defense Minister Alibek Kasymov was cited by Interfax as saying. Turkey had already delivered to Kazakhstan two military patrol boats, as well as typographical and map making equipment within the framework of military aid, the news agency reported. Kasymov was speaking at the opening of a representative office of the Turkish armed forces general staff in the Kazakh capital Astana. Kazakhstan, a former Soviet state, has been gradually revamping its military forces to meet the increasing threat posed by terrorism and extremism in the Central Asian region. Turkey, for its part, has attempted to forge closer ties with Turkic-speaking Central Asian republics since they gained independence following the Soviet Union's collapse a decade ago. ((c) 2001 Agence France Presse) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------------------------- This Discussion List is the follow-up for the old stopnato @listbot.com that has been shut down ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9spWA Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [email protected] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
