Pompeo: Turkey's conduct extremely hostile

U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, has said ''lately, Turkey's conduct has become extremely hostile'', stressing his country and France need to work together to confront these conducts in the Middle East.

17 November, 2020 06:00

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Pompeo told the French paper le Figaro, that Europe and the U.S. need to work together to face latest Turkish conducts in the Middle East, adding :'' the French president Emmanuel Macron and I agree that lately Turkey has become extremely hostile''.

The U.S. Secretary of State who is in an international tour the concludes France, Georgia, Israel, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar'', has pointed to the Turkish support to Azerbaijan in the Nagorno/Karabakh struggle against Armenia, in addition to it's military movements in Libya and the Mediterranean.

With relation to Iran, Pompeo made clear that there must be a step taken to assure that Iran does not ''harass' the Middle East''.

Since exploration for gas in the Mediterranean, Turkey arouses international fears, in addition to igniting struggle in Karabakh by backing Azerbaijan against Armenia by sending mercenaries from Syria and Libya to fight on the side of Azerbaijan, besides interfering in Syria and Libya.

L.A.