Turkey sides with Iran against aggressions

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu underlined that Ankara would not allow the Turkish soil to become a launch pad for an aggression against Iran, and stressed that his country would side with Iran against possible attacks."Any country seeking to launch a military aggression against Iran would see Turkey in front of itself," Davutoglu said in a meeting with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad Ali Fathollahi in Ankara on Friday. "No one can make a move against Iran from the Turkish soil and no one can defend Israel from this country's soil either," the Turkish foreign minister underscored. Turkey has recently accepted to host a NATO early warning system, a move blasted by Iranian officials. Turkey's Foreign Ministry revealed last month that negotiations with NATO chiefs over the "missile shield" had reached "their final stages". Turkish Foreign Ministry Spokesman Selcuk Unal said, "The early warning radar system allocated by the United States to NATO will be deployed in our country." Unal said that the plan reflected the new strategic concept approved by the Western military alliance's leaders at a Lisbon summit last year. The United States Defense Department subsequently announced that the radar system will be operational by the end of the year. Iran deplored the plan and warned Ankara not to play into the hands of the Zionists and their US backers, saying that the move would serve Israel's interests. The US and its western allies alleged that the NATO missile shield is aimed at deterring Iran's missile threat. Senior Iranian officials have announced the NATO missile shield has been designed to protect Israel.