Subject: FRANCE / TURKEY (S-ONLY) By SONJA PACE/PARIS From: "Demetrios E. Paneras" DATE=3/22/95 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-175876 TITLE=FRANCE / TURKEY (S-ONLY) BYLINE=SONJA PACE DATELINE=PARIS CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: TURKEY'S LATEST MILITARY INCURSION INTO NORTHERN IRAQ IS BEING WATCHED CLOSELY IN EUROPE. THE CROSS-BORDER OPERATION HAS RECEIVED TACIT APPROVAL FROM THE UNITED STATES. BUT, AS V-O-A'S SONJA PACE REPORTS FROM PARIS, IT HAS DRAWN CRITICISM FROM FRANCE AND THE EUROPEAN UNION. TEXT: U-S SECRETARY OF STATE WARREN CHRISTOPHER WAS APPARENTLY NOT WILLING TO CRITICIZE. HE, INSTEAD, REPEATED THE U-S HOPE THAT THE TURKISH INCURSION INTO NORTHERN IRAQ WILL BE BRIEF AND THAT IT WILL RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS. MR. CHRISTOPHER WAS SPEAKING WITH REPORTERS DURING A VISIT TO PARIS. BUT, THE TURKISH OPERATION HAS DRAWN CRITICISM FROM SOME OF TURKEY'S OTHER ALLIES. FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER ALAIN JUPPE SAID THE EUROPEAN UNION HAS TOLD TURKEY THAT ITS MILITARY OPERATION IS AGAINST INTERNATIONAL LAW SINCE IT VIOLATES THE SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF IRAQ. TURKEY HAS PERIODICALLY LAUNCHED MILITARY ATTACKS INTO NORTHERN IRAQ AGAINST ALLEGED BASES OF THE SEPARATIST KURDISTAN WORKERS' PARTY, THE P-K-K. THE CURRENT OPERATION IS THE LARGEST TO DATE, INVOLVING ABOUT 35-THOUSAND TROOPS, BACKED BY TANKS AND WARPLANES. (SIGNED) NEB/SP/SKH/JWH 22-Mar-95 8:16 AM EST (1316 UTC) NNNN Source: Voice of America ------------------------------------------------------------------------------