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09-07-2011, 09:59 AM
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4119370,00.html
Turkey's prime minister accused Israel (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3284752,00.html) on Wednesday of failing to meet its obligations in defense deals, adding to tensions with Israel which have escalated since an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3897076,00.html) killed nine people last year.
Turkey last week expelled (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4117001,00.html) top Israeli diplomats, suspended all military deals and vowed to step up Turkish navy patrols in the eastern Mediterranean, angered over its former ally's refusal to apologize for the raid that killed eight Turks and one Turkish-American.
Asked to comment on Turkey's decision to suspend defense industry deals, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4117626,00.html) told reporters that Israel was not keeping to the terms of defense agreements, accusing it of not returning drones that Turkey had bought from Israel and sent back for maintenance.
"They are not loyal to agreements between us in the defense industry," Erdogan said. "There might be problems, you may not be speaking to each other, but you have to fulfill your responsibility under international agreements."
Turkey's prime minister accused Israel (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3284752,00.html) on Wednesday of failing to meet its obligations in defense deals, adding to tensions with Israel which have escalated since an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3897076,00.html) killed nine people last year.
Turkey last week expelled (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4117001,00.html) top Israeli diplomats, suspended all military deals and vowed to step up Turkish navy patrols in the eastern Mediterranean, angered over its former ally's refusal to apologize for the raid that killed eight Turks and one Turkish-American.
Asked to comment on Turkey's decision to suspend defense industry deals, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4117626,00.html) told reporters that Israel was not keeping to the terms of defense agreements, accusing it of not returning drones that Turkey had bought from Israel and sent back for maintenance.
"They are not loyal to agreements between us in the defense industry," Erdogan said. "There might be problems, you may not be speaking to each other, but you have to fulfill your responsibility under international agreements."