Norwegian Prime Minister Against Banishing Turkey From NATO
Umer Jamshaid Published October 15, 2019 | 09:07 PM
Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg said Tuesday that it is better to have Turkey inside NATO than outside it despite major differences members states have over Turkey's offensive in northern Syria
"It's important to have them into our family, and discussion. I think it's easier to work with them that way," Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg said in a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin.
At the same time, the prime minister aligned herself with Merkel in strongly condemning Turkey's actions and stating that Norway had suspended weapons exports to Turkey, following the example of Germany, France and her Scandinavian neighbors.
A report circulated Tuesday by The New York Times cited unnamed officials as saying the United States was exploring pulling its stockpile of nuclear weapons from its airbase in Turkey, which would signal the virtual end to the increasingly fraught alliance between Turkey and the NATO powerhouse.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan launched on October 9 a cross-border offensive, dubbed Operation Peace Spring, soon after US President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of US troops from their bases in Syria. Turkey's stated aim is to clear its border of Kurdish forces that it views as terrorists and to establish a 20-mile buffer zone in northern Syria.
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