France is doubling down on its calls for a strategic rethink of NATO
Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Sedat Önal rebuked Parly's accusation that Turkey had not taken into consideration its NATO allies' national security concerns when it launched a unilateral incursion into northeastern Syria. The U.S., U.K. and France have been fighting ISIS in northern Syria in partnership with a Kurdish militia that Turkey considers to be a terrorist organisation.
Both Parly and Sedwill underlined the need for European NATO countries to meet the alliance's target of spending at least 2 percent of their GDP on defense. France and the U.K. have more or less met that goal, but most other alliance members, notably Germany, are still far from it. To that end, Paris is working on setting up a"European maritime surveillance mission" in the Gulf, which she took care to distinguish from the U.S.-led International Maritime Security Coalition that launched on November 7 with the participation of Albania, Australia, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and the U.K.
“I believe Europe can play the moderating role," Parly said."In that spirit, France is currently working to put together a European maritime surveillance mission, distinct from the policy of maximum pressure, it will be separate from but coordinated with the US presence.”
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