NATO: Turkey Given Concessions Over Rasmussen
April 4, 2009Turkey accepted Denmark’s Anders Fogh Ramumssen’s appointment as NATO secretary-general after U.S. President Barack Obama promised that one of Rasmussen’s deputies would be a Turk, Reuters reported April 4. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Obama also guaranteed that Turkish commanders would be in the NATO command. Turkey was promised at least two NATO posts, including a deputy to the deputy secretary-general, and progress on two blocked chapters of its European Union accession agreement, The New York Times reported. Also, Rasmussen allegedly will publicly address the Muslim world’s concerns about his response to cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed.
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