France has accused Turkey of using its navy to prevent the enforcement of the UN arms embargo on Libya.

The Turkish tanker Yabray Kudret Güngör refuels the French frigate Courbet off Libya on 4 June. (French Ministry of Armed Forces)

“The main obstacle to the establishment of peace and stability in Libya today lies in the systematic violations of the United Nations arms embargo, in particular on the part of Turkey,” the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a 17 June statement.

While it denied France had taken sides in the Libyan civil war, it said Turkey’s military support for the Government of National Accord (GNA) “is coupled with hostile and unacceptable behaviour by the Turkish Naval Forces towards NATO allies aimed at hampering efforts to implement the United Nations arms embargo”.

On the same day, a French Ministry of Armed Forces official told journalists that Turkish frigates had targeted the French frigate Courbet with their fire-control radars three times when it attempted to inspect a cargo ship suspected of carrying weapons to Libya as part of a NATO mission.

France has accused Turkey of using its navy to prevent the enforcement of the UN arms embargo on Libya.

The Turkish tanker Yabray Kudret Güngör refuels the French frigate Courbet off Libya on 4 June. (French Ministry of Armed Forces)

“The main obstacle to the establishment of peace and stability in Libya today lies in the systematic violations of the United Nations arms embargo, in particular on the part of Turkey,” the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a 17 June statement.

While it denied France had taken sides in the Libyan civil war, it said Turkey’s military support for the Government of National Accord (GNA) “is coupled with hostile and unacceptable behaviour by the Turkish Naval Forces towards NATO allies aimed at hampering efforts to implement the United Nations arms embargo”.

On the same day, a French Ministry of Armed Forces official told journalists that Turkish frigates had targeted the French frigate Courbet with their fire-control radars three times when it attempted to inspect a cargo ship suspected of carrying weapons to Libya as part of a NATO mission.

France has accused Turkey of using its navy to prevent the enforcement of the UN arms embargo on Libya.

The Turkish tanker Yabray Kudret Güngör refuels the French frigate Courbet off Libya on 4 June. (French Ministry of Armed Forces)

“The main obstacle to the establishment of peace and stability in Libya today lies in the systematic violations of the United Nations arms embargo, in particular on the part of Turkey,” the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a 17 June statement.

While it denied France had taken sides in the Libyan civil war, it said Turkey’s military support for the Government of National Accord (GNA) “is coupled with hostile and unacceptable behaviour by the Turkish Naval Forces towards NATO allies aimed at hampering efforts to implement the United Nations arms embargo”.

On the same day, a French Ministry of Armed Forces official told journalists that Turkish frigates had targeted the French frigate Courbet with their fire-control radars three times when it attempted to inspect a cargo ship suspected of carrying weapons to Libya as part of a NATO mission.

France has accused Turkey of using its navy to prevent the enforcement of the UN arms embargo on Libya.

The Turkish tanker Yabray Kudret Güngör refuels the French frigate Courbet off Libya on 4 June. (French Ministry of Armed Forces)

“The main obstacle to the establishment of peace and stability in Libya today lies in the systematic violations of the United Nations arms embargo, in particular on the part of Turkey,” the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a 17 June statement.

While it denied France had taken sides in the Libyan civil war, it said Turkey’s military support for the Government of National Accord (GNA) “is coupled with hostile and unacceptable behaviour by the Turkish Naval Forces towards NATO allies aimed at hampering efforts to implement the United Nations arms embargo”.

On the same day, a French Ministry of Armed Forces official told journalists that Turkish frigates had targeted the French frigate Courbet with their fire-control radars three times when it attempted to inspect a cargo ship suspected of carrying weapons to Libya as part of a NATO mission.

France has accused Turkey of using its navy to prevent the enforcement of the UN arms embargo on Libya.

The Turkish tanker Yabray Kudret Güngör refuels the French frigate Courbet off Libya on 4 June. (French Ministry of Armed Forces)

“The main obstacle to the establishment of peace and stability in Libya today lies in the systematic violations of the United Nations arms embargo, in particular on the part of Turkey,” the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a 17 June statement.

While it denied France had taken sides in the Libyan civil war, it said Turkey’s military support for the Government of National Accord (GNA) “is coupled with hostile and unacceptable behaviour by the Turkish Naval Forces towards NATO allies aimed at hampering efforts to implement the United Nations arms embargo”.

On the same day, a French Ministry of Armed Forces official told journalists that Turkish frigates had targeted the French frigate Courbet with their fire-control radars three times when it attempted to inspect a cargo ship suspected of carrying weapons to Libya as part of a NATO mission.

France has accused Turkey of using its navy to prevent the enforcement of the UN arms embargo on Libya.

The Turkish tanker Yabray Kudret Güngör refuels the French frigate Courbet off Libya on 4 June. (French Ministry of Armed Forces)

“The main obstacle to the establishment of peace and stability in Libya today lies in the systematic violations of the United Nations arms embargo, in particular on the part of Turkey,” the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a 17 June statement.

While it denied France had taken sides in the Libyan civil war, it said Turkey’s military support for the Government of National Accord (GNA) “is coupled with hostile and unacceptable behaviour by the Turkish Naval Forces towards NATO allies aimed at hampering efforts to implement the United Nations arms embargo”.

On the same day, a French Ministry of Armed Forces official told journalists that Turkish frigates had targeted the French frigate Courbet with their fire-control radars three times when it attempted to inspect a cargo ship suspected of carrying weapons to Libya as part of a NATO mission.