Buyukanit: "Whether to send more troops to Afghanistan is a foreign policy decision"

Whether Turkey will send more troops to Afghanistan isn't up to the army, but is instead a foreign policy decision, said Chief of General Staff Gen. Yasar Buyukanit yesterday. Asked by reporters about his meeting on Monday with US Vice President Dick Cheney, Buyukanit declined to comment, saying the talks were between himself and Cheney. The US has been urging Turkey to send more troops to NATO's Afghan mission.