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Infighting roils NATO as leaders gather in London
Erdogan, Turkey might not back Poland and Baltic allies
03 December, 12:06
(ANSA-AP) - LONDON, DECEMBER 3 - Turkish President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan suggested that Turkey might not back Poland and
NATO's Baltic allies - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - should
they require defending unless the allies support Turkish
concerns about Syrian Kurdish fighters, which Ankara sees as
terrorists.
That threat raises new questions about NATO's commitment to
its collective defense clause - Article 5 - under which all
allies vow to come to the aid of a member under attack. The
clause has only ever been activated once, after the 9/11 attacks
in the United States.
The two-day summit kicks off with receptions at Buckingham
Palace and Downing Street later Tuesday. (ANSA-AP).
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