Turkish PM says ready to cooperate against terror threats

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Sunday stressed his country's readiness to cooperate with the international community to face terror threats.

"Turkey has always showed its eagerness to cooperate with other states to deal with risks of terrorist attacks. Our close cooperation with other countries will continue on this issue," Davutoglu told reporters at Ankara Esenboga Airport before leaving for Paris to join a rally there against extremism.

On whether Turkey's National Intelligence Agency has informed the French authorities about the terror suspect, Hayat Boumeddiene, after she arrived in Turkey, Davutoglu said that the process of sharing information with France regarding the issue was "ongoing."

"Turkey is a country to which millions of tourists come. Prevention becomes very hard when there is no warning beforehand," he said.

Boumeddiene is a wanted partner of a man suspected in recent terror attacks in France.

The Turkish police have tracked Boumeddiene's movement, said a Turkish source who asked not to be named, adding that Ankara did not arrest her due to the lack of timely intelligence from France.

The Turkish authorities have reportedly informed French officials that Boumeddiene traveled from Turkey to Syria on Thursday.

Also on Saturday, the French authorities said they believed that Boumeddiene has reached Syria from Turkey. Endit