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Secret documents burden Erdogan: explosive turnaround around the Bundeswehr deployment on a Turkish ship

2020-11-28T18:17:33.850Z


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.


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.

Source: merkur

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