Friday, February 19, 2016

Izvestia — NATO Refuses to Support Turkey in the Event of a Conflict With Russia

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn, said today that NATO allies will not support Turkey in case of a conflict with Russia, according to Der Spiegel.

According to Asselborn, the country of the North Atlantic Alliance does not intend to participate in an escalation in the conflict between Russia and Turkey. The Foreign Minister of Luxembourg underlined that the authorities of all state-members of NATO have a common stance on this issue.

"The Alliance should not be drawn into the escalating conflict between Turkey and Russia.…
Fort Russ
NATO Refuses to Support Turkey in the Event of a Conflict With Russia
izvestia
Translated by Ollie Richardson for Fort Russ


4 comments:

Matt Franko said...

Wow Tom this is a biggie... things are really starting to accelerate...

Matt Franko said...

Its de facto Turkey out Russia in....

Tom Hickey said...

NATO sending Erdogan and Davutoglu a message to back off. And KSA, too.

Peter Pan said...

Too bad, I was looking forward to an invasion. Was going to make buttered popcorn too.