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NATO freezing out Turkey over S-400 purchase - analyst
« on: May 14, 2019, 08:32:25 pm »
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NATO freezing out Turkey over S-400 purchase - analyst

Turkish officials are being frozen out of crucial NATO military meetings and committees over increasing concerns about information security in the lead-up to Ankara’s planned purchase of Russia’s S-400 missile defence system.


Earlier this month, General Tod Wolters became NATO’s new supreme allied commander for Europe, relieving General Curtis Scaparroti in a change of command ceremony at NATO headquarters in Belgium. Turkish officials walked out of the ceremony in protest before it began because a delegation from Cyprus -- which is a member of the EU but not of NATO -- had been included on the guest list.

NATO officials called the incident an “error of protocol,” but Turkish diplomatic sources told columnist and military analyst Metin Gurcan that NATO’s military command center was unlikely to have made such a mistake.

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Re: NATO freezing out Turkey over S-400 purchase - analyst
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2019, 08:34:52 pm »
Good!  Kick 'em out!

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Re: NATO freezing out Turkey over S-400 purchase - analyst
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2019, 11:28:54 pm »
NATO should not "freeze out" Turkey.

They should EXPEL Turkey!