Turkey’s ambassador in France said on Wednesday that Paris had informed NATO it was suspending its involvement in a naval operation in the Mediterranean after a probe into an incident between French and Turkish warships did not back Paris’ claims.
“It seems that the NATO experts did not reach the same conclusion. I had the information yesterday, it seems that the Courbet (warship) is withdrawing from this NATO exercise,” envoy Ismail Hakki Musa told a hearing in the French Senate.
Ankara and Paris are at odds since the Naval incident off Liibya on June 10 and accuse each other of the policy its follows on Libya.
France will back Greece ans Greece will back France as solid southern NATO allies and partners. Turkey is not a reliable NATO partner.
Therefore, it seems as though NATO is risking its entire southern flank!
Putin must be overwhelmed with joy, to Germany’s horror, by these recent developments a corrupt Trump’s self fulfiling prophecy of a redundant NATO.