Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Turkey rejects Israeli halfhearted 'apology'...

Al Jazeera/English, here
"Unless they make up for it by this evening, our ambassador will return on the first plane tomorrow to hold consultations," Abdullah Gul, the Turkish president, was quoted as saying by the country's NTV news channel.
Gul's warning marks another high in tensions between the two regional allies since Israel's war on the Gaza Strip last year prompted an unprecedented barrage of criticism from Ankara.
Asked whether Turkey would bring its diplomatic representation down to the level of charge d'affaires if it did not recieve an adequate response, Gul said: "We will make an evaluation after consultations with the ambassador..."

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