Oslo has followed Helsinki’s lead in putting a halt to new military exports to Ankara following its military operation in Syria, which has left its NATO allies divided.
Norway will not process any new applications for export licenses for military and multi-use military products to Turkey and review the extant ones, the country’s Foreign Ministry has stated.
“As the situation is unclear and rapidly changing, the Foreign Ministry, as a precautionary measure, will not process new applications for export licenses for military and multi-use military products to Turkey for the time being,” Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide said, as quoted by the newspaper Dagbladet, adding that all valid licenses to Turkey will also be reviewed.Read More…
