US, Turkey agreement for peaceful nuclear cooperation

Foreign Ministery yesterday announced that the US and Turkey had brought into force the US-Turkey Agreement for Cooperation Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy through an exchange of diplomatic notes. In a written statement, Turkey and the US had signed the cooperation agreement in Ankara on July 2000 and it was brought into force yesterday. The statement said that the agreement sets up a framework for the peaceful use, development and inspection of nuclear energy. According to the statement, the agreement permits the transfer of technology, information, materials, equipment and components for nuclear research in such areas as medicine and agriculture, as well as for nuclear power production.