Foreign Ministry: "Turkish-US intelligence-sharing cooperation continues"

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Burak Ozuergin yesterday told a press conference that the US, European Union, Arab League and NATO have all been briefed on last week's terrorist attack in Hakkari and on the motion extending for one year Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) authorization to carry out cross-border operations in northern Iraq. Ozuergin said that the tripartite counter-terrorist mechanism between Turkey, the US and Iraq could be evaluated further and that intelligence-sharing with the US continues. Asked about whether new anti-terrorist measures will conflict with Turkey's EU harmonization, Ozuergin said, "Necessary measures will be taken without making concessions from our freedom or security."