Some members of Congress are trying to block U.S. arms sales to Turkey because of human rights abuses. Our position is that we have very strong relations with Turkey, that Turkey is a strategic ally, that we see no reason to change the fundamental nature of our relationship with Turkey as a result of any actions in the past couple of months. Turkey has withdrawn its forces from northern Iraq. We were delighted to see that. We stand ready to work with Turkey on a host of problems that confront both Turkey and the United States in southeast Europe.
Turkey is a valued ally.
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