Turkey blocks German delegation airbase trip
Turkey has blocked a high-level German delegation from visiting troops at an airbase taking part in the US-led mission against “Islamic State”. The spat appears to be over Germany's Armenia genocide resolution, DW writes.
According to the source, Ralf Brauksiepe, the undersecretary for defense, planned to visit German troops in July with a parliamentary delegation, but has so far been blocked due to tensions between Berlin and Ankara over a Bundestag resolution earlier this month calling the 1915 massacre of Armenians a genocide.
“The Turkish authorities at the moment are not approving the travel plans. There is no written statement on the reason,” a German defense ministry spokesperson said, confirming a report in news magazine ‘Der Spiegel’.