U.S. President George W. Bush (R) and
President of Kurdistan
Regional Government (Iraq) Massoud Barzani (L)
Photo: AP |
Turkey has relayed its
displeasure to the Washington, DC administration
over the manner in which Massoud Barzani, the leader
of the Iraq Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), was
received in the White House by US President George
W. Bush this week.
FM: This threatens the unity of Iraq
Yesterday in Ankara, the Charge d'Affaires for the
US Embassy, Nancy McEldowney, was called to the
Foreign Ministry, where Turkish Undersecretary Nabi
Sensoy formally asked her to explain "whose
president" Barzani was welcomed as at the White
House. Sensoy reportedly passed on a warning to
McEldowney that such practices threatened the unity
of Iraq.
This is why Bush referred to him as 'President.'
President Bush spoke directly to Barzani about
Turkey's sensitivity towards Iraq's geographic and
political unity." |
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