(ANSAmed) - JERUSALEM, MAY 21 - Israel today denied the
information reported by the Turkish press regarding the alleged
existence of a plan to send large numbers of Israeli troops to
the southern sector of Cyprus, to protect Turkey's energy
interests in an area that appears to hold much natural gas.
''This information'' the Israeli foreign ministry wrote in a statement, ''is not based on reality.'' The ministry added that Israel has never sent its troops abroad. The news was published today by a Cypriot newspaper, the Famagusta Gazette.(ANSAmed).
''This information'' the Israeli foreign ministry wrote in a statement, ''is not based on reality.'' The ministry added that Israel has never sent its troops abroad. The news was published today by a Cypriot newspaper, the Famagusta Gazette.(ANSAmed).
