The anger between Germany and Turkey over a controversial deployment of the German armed forces continues.
Now apparently secret documents are incriminating the Erdogan government.
On Sunday (November 22nd) the Bundeswehr checked a Turkish ship on the Mediterranean.
The German soldiers suspected an illegal arms shipment to Libya.
Turkey complained and is now burdened with secret documents.
Brussels - Next episode in the dispute between
Germany
and
Turkey
.
On Sunday (November 22nd) the
German Armed Forces
checked
a Turkish
container ship
in the Mediterranean
as part of the EU operation
Irini
.
The allegation: The
ship is
supposed to
deliver
weapons
illegally to
Libya, a country with civil war.
The government in
Ankara
judged the use of the
German armed
forces
as illegal and accused
Germany
and the EU of unauthorized use of force.
More information on how boarding works is available on our website: https://t.co/tAf3nb6vgp https://t.co/NBssE2JQfy
- Ministry of Defense (@BMVg_Bundeswehr) November 23, 2020
Now it came out: The Turkish
container ship
was actually supposed
to bring
weapons
to Libya
illegally
.
The mission command said that there were sufficient reasons to believe that the controlled
ship
violated the UN arms embargo against Libya.
This emerges from a secret document of the EU, which the
dpa
is supposed to have.
Dispute between Germany and Turkey - but illegal arms delivery to Libya?
It allegedly goes on to say that
a special report for arms embargo experts at the United Nations was even drawn up
on the
freighter
.
According to information from EU circles, this was based on educational results.
In addition, the command and control of the
Bundeswehr
stated that the German soldiers acted extremely professionally and
inspected
the Turkish
container ship
according to internationally agreed rules.
Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer from the CDU confirmed this: "You have done what is
required of you
within the framework of
Irini's
European mandate
."
Ankara prevented German vessel from policing Libya arms blockade: Berlin #Turkey #Rosalina https://t.co/mtTkuL08f7 pic.twitter.com/VuBRMNn7cv
- Duvar English (@DuvarEnglish) November 23, 2020
There is still no tangible evidence as to whether the
freighter
named "Roseline A" actually had
weapons
on board, as the
Bundeswehr
had to prematurely break off
the search of the
ship
.
The
turkey
had as a flag State officially lodges Prostest against the use.
A search of
ships
against the resistance of the crew and the flag state is
currently not possible
in the EU Operation
Irini
.
Controversial Bundeswehr mission on a Turkish container ship - secret documents emerged
The
Erdogan
government
argues that
Schiff
only loaded paint materials and relief supplies - at least according to the official statement from the Turkish Foreign Ministry.
Operation
Irini
was decided at the end of March.
One of the goals was to stabilize Libya, a civil war country in North Africa.
In addition to
weapons
, the use should also prevent oil and fuel smuggling.
The secret document that is available to the
dpa
is supposed to be an initial six-month balance sheet.
The testimony of the EU commitment is sobering.
The participating EU states are said to have not supported the operation as planned from April to the end of September.
The number of available
ships has
always been below the minimum requirements.
Germany
is currently participating with the frigate "Hamburg".
In addition, there were around 80 corona cases on the Italian
flagship
"ITS Margottini"
at the end of September
, which as a result had to be taken out of operation earlier than planned.