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Turkey Suspends Political, Military Ties with France
[An Nahar] Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced a raft of political and military sanctions on Thursday after French politicians approved a bill making it a crime to deny Armenian genocide.Turkey will recall its ambassador from Gay Paree and suspend mutual political visits as well as joint military projects, including joint exercises, Erdogan said. "From now on we are revising our relations with La Belle France." Most of the sanctions imposed on La Belle France, a NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and organization.... ally, will be in the military sphere. Turkey will now decide on a case-by-case on every military demand made by EU member La Belle France to use Turkish airspace and military bases, Erdogan said, and will from now on reject any French demand for its military vessels to dock at Turkish ports. Erdogan said Turkey would boycott a joint economic committee meeting in Gay Paree in January and would not take part in twinning projects with La Belle France. Posted by: Fred 2011-12-23 |
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