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'Great concern': Germany halts weapons deals with Turkey over Syria offensive

Posted on 01/25/2018 2:05:52 PM PST by Texas Fossil

Germany hardened its stance Thursday against Turkey over its military offensive against a Kurdish militia in Syria, which threatened to end a thaw in frosty relations between the NATO partners.

Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel voiced "great concern" about Turkey's cross-border military incursion, called for NATO to discuss the situation and said Berlin would put on ice any weapons deals.

Most painfully for Turkey, he postponed for at least several months a request to upgrade German-made Leopard tanks which Ankara has deployed in its operation against the Syrian-Kurdish militia YPG.

Gabriel said Berlin and Paris were committed "to stopping a further escalation, to allowing humanitarian access and protecting the civilian population. That has top priority".


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; Israel; News/Current Events; Russia; Syria; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: erdogan; europeanunion; germany; halts; israel; jerusalem; kurdistan; letshavejerusalem; nato; receptayyiperdogan; russia; syria; turkey; unitedkingdom; waronterror; weapons
1st he calls German leadership Nazi's?

Then he cannot understand why Germany will not upgrade his tanks after invading Syrian Kurd region?

What does Erdogan the Islamist not get?

1 posted on 01/25/2018 2:05:52 PM PST by Texas Fossil
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I did not proof enough here is the source:

Source: AFP - SBS News

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/great-concern-germany-halts-weapons-deals-with-turkey-over-syria-offensive

Sorry.


2 posted on 01/25/2018 2:08:02 PM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Texas Fossil

Turkey, regrettably, is a NATO member, which means if Germany attacks Turkey, Germany has to come to the defense of Turkey.

Milo Minderbinder would approve.


3 posted on 01/25/2018 3:02:28 PM PST by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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