Olmert: I Was Not Punished

Olmert who met President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul yesterday went on to say that Israel had no activities in Northern Iraq against Turkey. Answering the questions of CNN Turk Channel, Olmert described his being unable to meet P.M. Erdogan, as a technical problem. He said; President Sezer and FM Gul met me. Therefore, I do not think that I was punished.

FM Abdullah Gul gave messages to Olmert saying that Turkey wanted to contribute in the Israeli-Palestinian peace period, that Turkey felt disturbed of the policies of Israel on Palestinians and of the developments which would change the demographic structure of Kirkuk.