Topic: voa Subject: GERMANY / TURKEY (S) By DAGMAR BREITENBACH/BONN From: "Demetrios E. Paneras" DATE=3/29/95 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-176225 TITLE=GERMANY / TURKEY (S) BYLINE=DAGMAR BREITENBACH DATELINE=BONN CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT IS STEPPING UP PRESSURE ON TURKEY TO END ITS OFFENSIVE AGAINST KURDISH SEPARATIST REBELS IN NORTHERN IRAQ. AS V-O-A'S DAGMAR BREITENBACH REPORTS FROM BONN, GERMANY HAS NOW CANCELLED A PROMISED SHIPMENT OF MILITARY HARDWARE TO ITS MOST EASTERN NATO PARTNER. TEXT: THE BONN GOVERNMENT HAS BLOCKED A SHIPMENT OF BRIDGE-LAYING TANKS, AMBULANCES AND OTHER MILITARY HARDWARE. THE SHIPMENT WAS THE LAST INSTALLMENT OF AN ARMS DEAL TO SEND NATO AND FORMER EAST GERMAN TANKS, WEAPONS AND MUNITIONS TO TURKEY. EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE GERMAN CABINET DECIDED TO FREEZE MORE THAN 100-MILLION DOLLARS IN SUBSIDIES TO SHIPYARDS BUILDING TWO FRIGATES FOR TURKEY. GERMANY IS A MAJOR SUPPLIER OF MILITARY HARDWARE TO TURKEY. THE CANCELLATIONS REFLECT GERMANY'S CONCERN AT TURKEY'S OFFENSIVE AGAINST KURDISH REBEL CAMPS IN NORTHERN IRAQ. TURKISH MILITARY AND POLITICAL LEADERS HAVE SAID THE CAMPAIGN, BY 35-THOUSAND TROOPS, IS AIMED AT DESTROYING KURDISH SEPARATIST CAMPS IN IRAQ AND COULD LAST A LONG TIME. THE BONN GOVERNMENT SAYS AN EXTENDED TURKISH PRESENCE IN IRAQ IS UNACCEPTABLE. GERMANY WANTS TURKEY TO SPECIFY HOW LONG IT WILL STAY THERE, AND TO ENSURE THAT HUMAN RIGHTS WILL BE RESPECTED. (SIGNED) NEB/DB/SKH 29-Mar-95 4:52 AM EST (0952 UTC) NNNN Source: Voice of America ------------------------------------------------------------------------------