France should apologize for the incident with the participation of French and Turkish ships in the Mediterranean sea. Such a request was made by the foreign Minister of Turkey Mevlut Cavusoglu, reports Reuters.
It is emphasized that this incident off the coast of Libya and led to the fact that the relations of the countries-members of NATO have soured.
June 30, çavuşoğlu said that NATO calls Russia’s presence in Libya as a threat, while France, a member of the Alliance, “plays into the hands” of Russia in North Africa. However, he noted that Moscow and Ankara seek to stop the bloodshed in the conflict zone in Libya, and France tacitly supported armed forces field Marshal Khalifa the Haftarot.
On 17 June it was reported that in the Mediterranean sea off the coast of Libya, an incident occurred with the participation of warships of Turkey and France. Turkish frigate with radar spotted a French warship, when he tried to approach the ro-ro Cirkin, who was transporting weapons destined for the forces of the national consensus government (NTC) of Libya. It is noted that the incident was involved and the second frigate of naval forces of Turkey.
On 22 June the President of France Emmanuel macron described the incident with the ships evidence of “brain death” of the Alliance. In his opinion, the line Turkey is incompatible with its status of NATO countries.
