Greece slams ‘unnamed’ NATO member’s threat to use force against French navy

Greece slams ‘unnamed’ NATO member’s threat to use force against French navy

The Greek Defence Ministry media office said that Panagiotopoulos described the incident as “not only problematic, but unheard of”, adding that “similar behaviour undermining NATO’s cohesion and solidarity is not an alliance with strong ties and common values, but an opportunistic group of individual interests”.

The minister was referring to allegations that Turkish warships threatened to use force against a French frigate called the Courbet, which was part of a NATO monitoring mission called Sea Guardian, on 10 June.