03-05-2010, 02:34 AM
[size="6"]Turkey Threatens Washington over Genocide Recognition...[/size]
ANKARA, MARCH 4 - Ankara threatened to cancel defense contracts totaling $45 billion with American companies if today the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives will pass a critical resolution for the recognition of Armenian genocide claims.
Daily Vatan describes the Turkish warning as "economic ultimatum" adding that Vatan reports that the CEOs of five US companies sent a letter to US congressmen to highlight the hazards of the genocide resolution. They stressed that the approval of the resolution would jeopardize exports totaling $10 billion.
Vatan says that despite the warnings, the Foreign Affairs Committee was expected to approve the controversial resolution.
Vatan gives details about the companies campaigning in support of Turkey. Boeing: THY has ordered 35 passenger planes. In the next 20 years, THY plans to make deals with Boeing worth $21 billion. Raytheon: The company holds talks with Turkish officials for the establishment of missile defense systems to Turkey. The US government has announced that Turkey could buy equipment worth $7.8 billion. Northrop Grumman: Turkey gives $11 billion support to the Joint Strike Fighter project. Lockheed Martin: Turkey has signed $2.9 billion deal for the purchase of 50 F-16 jets. The company also carries out a modernization project in the Turkish Air Forces worth $635 million. United Technologies: Sikorsky is one of the most powerful candidates for meeting the needs of the Turkish army for 109 helicopters. If the company makes a deal with Ankara, the helicopters will be produced in Turkey.
Vatan says that despite the warnings, the Foreign Affairs Committee was expected to approve the controversial resolution. Yesterday, as Vatan reported, Turkish President Abdullah Gul phoned US President Barack Obama to reiterate Turkish concerns about the genocide resolution to be discussed today at the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. According to the daily, Gul asked the US administration to step in and block the resolution. Gul warned that the approval of the resolution would harm the normalization process initiated between Turkey and Armenia and that strategic partnership between Turkey and the US would suffer a heavy blow.
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ANKARA, MARCH 4 - Ankara threatened to cancel defense contracts totaling $45 billion with American companies if today the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives will pass a critical resolution for the recognition of Armenian genocide claims.
Daily Vatan describes the Turkish warning as "economic ultimatum" adding that Vatan reports that the CEOs of five US companies sent a letter to US congressmen to highlight the hazards of the genocide resolution. They stressed that the approval of the resolution would jeopardize exports totaling $10 billion.
Vatan says that despite the warnings, the Foreign Affairs Committee was expected to approve the controversial resolution.
Vatan gives details about the companies campaigning in support of Turkey. Boeing: THY has ordered 35 passenger planes. In the next 20 years, THY plans to make deals with Boeing worth $21 billion. Raytheon: The company holds talks with Turkish officials for the establishment of missile defense systems to Turkey. The US government has announced that Turkey could buy equipment worth $7.8 billion. Northrop Grumman: Turkey gives $11 billion support to the Joint Strike Fighter project. Lockheed Martin: Turkey has signed $2.9 billion deal for the purchase of 50 F-16 jets. The company also carries out a modernization project in the Turkish Air Forces worth $635 million. United Technologies: Sikorsky is one of the most powerful candidates for meeting the needs of the Turkish army for 109 helicopters. If the company makes a deal with Ankara, the helicopters will be produced in Turkey.
Vatan says that despite the warnings, the Foreign Affairs Committee was expected to approve the controversial resolution. Yesterday, as Vatan reported, Turkish President Abdullah Gul phoned US President Barack Obama to reiterate Turkish concerns about the genocide resolution to be discussed today at the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. According to the daily, Gul asked the US administration to step in and block the resolution. Gul warned that the approval of the resolution would harm the normalization process initiated between Turkey and Armenia and that strategic partnership between Turkey and the US would suffer a heavy blow.
http://www.ansamed.info/en/news/ME01.XAM12304.html