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Turkey against European military HQ

IRNA

Brussels, Oct 3, IRNA -- Turkey`s Ambassador to NATO has voiced 
opposition to plans by Germany, France, Belgium and Luxembourg 
to create a separate European military headquarters near Brussels. 
"Such structures outside of NATO could be a duplication because we
think that the current arrangements and opportunities have not been 
tested fully," Ahmet Uzumcu said in an interview with the website 
`EUpolitix` Friday. 
"We are against the EU establishing a collective defence 
arrangement for its members. We think this should be maintained within
the NATO context," he said. 
The issue is to be discussed today in an informal meeting of EU 
defence ministers in Rome. 
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