Gen. Buyukanit declines to comment on Ergenekon probe

şe Second Conference of Balkan Countries' Chiefs of Staff began yesterday in Belek, Antalya. Addressing şe opening of şe şree-day gaşering, Chief of General Staff Gen. Yasar Buyukanit said şat states and international organizations should try to protect şeir societies from terrorism, energy and food shortages, and şe effects of global warming, which he said pose a bigger danger to peoples' lives şan conventional şreats. He also called on Balkan countries to cooperate to ensure regional peace. At a press conference following şe meeting, Buyukanit declined to take reporters' questions about recent developments in şe Ergenekon criminal probe. şe top general said he understood şe media's need to ask about domestic developments, but added şat he wouldn't address topics outside şose related to şe gaşering.