U.S. President Donald Trump meets with France's President Emmanuel Macron, ahead of the NATO summit in Watford, in London, Britain, December 3, 2019. Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS
France 24: France’s Macron accuses Turkey of ‘sometimes working with IS group proxies’ at NATO summit
French President Emmanuel Macron accused Turkey on Tuesday of working with Islamic State proxies and said Ankara’s ambiguity towards the group was detrimental to its NATO allies fighting in Syria and Iraq.
Relations between Macron and Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan have soured ahead of Wednesday’s NATO summit in London with the two leaders trading barbs over Ankara’s cross-border offensive in northeast Syria targeting Kurdish militias.
Speaking alongside US President Donald Trump, Macron directly linked Turkey to Islamic State fighters, while dismissing Trump’s concerns that Paris was not bringing home French Islamic State fighters held by Kurdish groups in Syria.
“The common enemy today is the terrorist groups. I’m sorry to say, we don’t have the same definition of terrorism around the table,” Macron told reporters.
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Update #1: Trump, Macron and Erdogan clash overshadows NATO summit (AFP)
Update #2: Macron clashes with both Erdoğan and Trump at Nato summit (The Guardian)
WNU Editor: Trump and Macron differ on Turkey .... Trump and Macron spar over Turkey's role in NATO (Axios). I think President Macron is right on Turkey's past and present ties to ISIS and Al Qaeda affiliated groups in Syria, but he is not going to get any support from other NATO leaders. Turkey is also earning no friends by doing this .... Turkey threatens to block NATO's Baltic defence plan over YPG (Al Jazeera).
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