"Turkey-US ties strong despite differences over Iraq: US official
Tue Feb 1,10:44 AM ET Politics - AFP
ANKARA (AFP) - The ties between Turkey and the United States remain strong even though the two NATO (news - web sites) allies have often been at odds on issues concerning Iraq (news - web sites), a senior Pentagon (news - web sites) official said here.
Douglas Feith, the US undersecretary of defense for policy, insisted that the two countries had common interests in securing stability in Iraq and expressed hope that Washington would reach a deal with Ankara to use a base in southern Turkey as a cargo hub."
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