*Turkey
To Protest Belgium
(The Kurdistan Observer) Fen 7, 2002. Ankara has taken action after
learning that three Belgian parliamentarians, Ferdy Willems, Vincent van
Quickenborne and a third deputy who could not be identified, met with Osman
Ocalan in Southern Kurdistan, reported the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet today.
Jean Matthysen, the Belgian Ambassador to Turkey, was summoned to the
Turkish Foreign Affairs Ministry. During the meeting, Turkish side expressed
its uneasiness about recent developments. Turkish Foreign Affairs Ministry
Spokesman Huseyin Dirioz said that necessary initiatives had been launched
both in Belgium and in Turkey.
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