France accuses Turkey of attacking one of its ships in Mediterranean

PARIS, June 17 (YPA) – French Ministry of Armies announced on Wednesday that a French ship participating in a NATO mission in the Mediterranean was recently subjected to a “very aggressive” action by Turkish boats.

The ministry explained that the French ship was subjected to three “radar flashes” from one of the Turkish boats, considering that “a very aggressive act from an ally towards a NATO ship.”

This came at a time when defense ministers in NATO countries was holding a meeting on Wednesday via an enclosed video system.

The French ministry added that “this issue is very dangerous, and we cannot accept that an ally behaves in this manner and do what he has done against a NATO ship undertaking a mission for the alliance.”

YPA