BRUSSELS/PARIS - Nato will investigate French accusations that Turkey's navy failed to respond to an allied call to inspect a vessel this month in the Mediterranean, the alliance chief said on Thursday , an incident Paris suspects involved Turkish arms smuggling to Libya.
French Armed Force Minister Florence Parly said that on June 10 Turkish warships flashed their radar lights three times at the French warship Courbet in the eastern Mediterranean. She added that Turkish sailors had also put on bullet-proof vests and stood behind their light weapons during the incident.
"This act was extremely aggressive and cannot be one of an ally facing another ally who is doing its work under Nato command," she said.
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