NATO To Probe France-Turkey Mediterranean Naval Incident

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg chairs a NATO defence ministers' meeting via teleconference at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels [Francois Lenoir/AFP]

Reuters: NATO to investigate Mediterranean incident between French, Turkish warships

BRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) - NATO will investigate French accusations that Turkey’s navy failed to respond to an allied call to inspect a vessel this month in the Mediterranean, the alliance chief said on Thursday, an incident Paris suspects involved Turkish arms smuggling to Libya.

France’s armed forces minister brought up the incident during a meeting of NATO defence chiefs at a time when the two allies have traded barbs over the crisis in Libya, accusing each other of supporting opposing sides in the country’s war.

Paris has repeatedly accused Ankara of violating a U.N. arms embargo. Turkey rejects the French accusations and has denied the incident, as described by France, ever occurred.

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WNU Editor: Turkey is denying France's accusations .... Turkey denies French claim that warship was harassed in Mediterranean (Daily Sabah).

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