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BERLIN, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- The German cabinet on Thursday agreed to participate in a NATO mission sending Patriot1 missiles and some 400 soldiers to Turkey to help the country cope with potential security threats from Syria.
"Turkey is currently the most-affected partner in the Syria conflict. It is exposed to a potential threat from Syria," the foreign and defense2 ministries3 said in a joint4 statement.
Turkey, a vocal5 opponent of the Syrian government, had asked NATO to reinforce its air defense facilities as the conflict between Syrian government and rebels pose a mounting threat to Turkish citizens living close to borders.
In October, several artillery6 shells from Syria struck a Turkish border town and killed five civilians7.
NATO approved Turkey's request for Patriot missiles on Tuesday. The alliance said that Germany, the Netherlands and the United States would contribute the missile batteries, which will come under the command of the Supreme8 Allied9 Commander Europe.
The German ministries stressed the aid defense deployment10 in Turkey was "a purely11 defensive12 measure" aimed at preventing the Syrian conflict from spreading to Turkey and does not represent "the establishment of or monitoring of a no-fly-zone over Syrian territory."
The cabinet's decision still needs approval of the Bundestag, or the lower house of parliament, which is due to vote on the mandate13 early next week. Although there is some objection from opposition14 parties, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said he expected "a broad majority" at the vote.
NATO had said that the deployment would start "within weeks" after member states finished their domestic legal processes.
The foreign and defense ministries said the suggested mandate would run until Jan. 31, 2014.
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1 patriot | |
n.爱国者,爱国主义者 | |
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2 defense | |
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩 | |
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(政府的)部( ministry的名词复数 ); 神职; 牧师职位; 神职任期 | |
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adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合 | |
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5 vocal | |
adj.直言不讳的;嗓音的;n.[pl.]声乐节目 | |
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6 artillery | |
n.(军)火炮,大炮;炮兵(部队) | |
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7 civilians | |
平民,百姓( civilian的名词复数 ); 老百姓 | |
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8 supreme | |
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的 | |
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adj.协约国的;同盟国的 | |
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10 deployment | |
n. 部署,展开 | |
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11 purely | |
adv.纯粹地,完全地 | |
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12 defensive | |
adj.防御的;防卫的;防守的 | |
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n.托管地;命令,指示 | |
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14 opposition | |
n.反对,敌对 | |
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