- Title: Turkey withdraws list of German firms suspected of backing terrorism-Germany
- Date: 24th July 2017
- Summary: BERLIN, GERMANY (JULY 24, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF TOBIAS PLATE, GERMAN INTERIOR MINISTRY SPOKESMAN ARRIVING FOR REGULAR GOVERNMENT NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMAN INTERIOR MINISTRY SPOKESMAN, TOBIAS PLATE, SAYING: "This (past) Saturday, the original request by Interpol Ankara, in other words the national Interpol point of contact in Turkey, formally withdrew its request to the BKA (German Federal Criminal Police) to supply different information on these companies. The Turkish interior minister this morning told the German interior minister that there was a communication problem. He underscored that there were no investigations against German firms by Turkish authorities in Turkey or in Germany." REPORTERS SEATED PAN ACROSS NEWS CONFERENCE
- Embargoed: 7th August 2017 13:15
- Keywords: Turkey list companies terror
- Location: BERLIN, GERMANY
- City: BERLIN, GERMANY
- Country: Germany
- Topics: Government/Politics,International Trade
- Reuters ID: LVA0016R2SP53
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Turkey has formally withdrawn a request for German help in investigating nearly 700 German firms suspected of backing terrorism, an Interior Ministry spokesman said on Monday (July 24), removing a major irritant in frayed ties between the two NATO allies.
Turkey's interior minister told his German counterpart in a telephone call on Monday that Ankara's submission of the list through Interpol stemmed from "a communications problem," spokesman Tobias Plate told a regular government news conference.
A spokeswoman for the economy ministry told reporters that further measures regarding Turkey were still being examined. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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