France Says to Summon Turkish Envoy After Erdogan's 'Insults'
Saturday 30/November/2019 - 04:48 PM
France's Foreign Ministry will summon Turkey's
ambassador following insulting comments made by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
a French presidency official said on Friday.
Erdogan commented on Emmanuel Macron's warning that
NATO was suffering from "brain death" saying that he should check
whether he was not brain dead himself.
"I'm addressing Mr. Macron from Turkey and I
will say it at NATO: You should check whether you are brain dead first,"
Erdogan said.
For his part the French official said: "On the latest
excesses by the Turkish president, these are not statements, these are
insults."
"We are expecting president Erdogan to
clarify," he added, Reuters reported.
