ISRAEL MAY WIN THE TENDER FOR UPGRADING TURKISH TANKS, ESTIMATED AT 2 BILLION U.S. DOLLARS

22.01.2001, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. Israel stands a good chance of winning a major contract to upgrade hundreds of Turkish tanks in a deal estimated at $2 billion, Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said after meeting Israeli foreign minister Shlomo Ben-Ami in Ankara.
The two discussed future cooperation between their countries and developments in the Middle East peace process. Ben-Ami said bilateral relations with Turkey have improved significantly in the past year and “are now essential to regional stability”.–0–