Based on “Konya” is located about 30 German soldiers.
Ankara is blocking the scheduled visit of German MPs to the military of the Bundeswehr placed at a NATO base in Konya in Turkey, said the Chairman of the Bundestag Committee on defense Wolfgang Guelma.
The deputies appealed to the Federal Ministry of foreign Affairs with a request to postpone a scheduled journey, with the hope that the situation will not reach a complete ban of the visit.
The appeal of Ankara formulated in the form of a “request” with reference to the strained Turkish-German relations. Guelma insists that the members of the Bundestag have the right to visit the military in the service no matter what the relations between Ankara and Berlin.
It is noted that the visit of German MPs has been scheduled for Monday, July 17. Based in Konya, placed reconnaissance aircraft AWACS, which are involved in the military operation against the “Islamic state” in Syria and Iraq. Part of their crews, from 20 to 30 people – the Germans.
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