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The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn, said today that
NATO allies will not support Turkey in case of a conflict with Russia, according to
Der Spiegel. According to Asselborn, the country of the North Atlantic Alliance does not intend to participate in an escalation in the conflict between Russia and Turkey.
The Foreign Minister of Luxembourg underlined that
the authorities of all state-members of NATO have a common stance on this issue. "The Alliance should not be drawn into the escalating conflict between Turkey and Russia.
The NATO Charter that guarantees mutual defense applies only in the case of an open attack," said Asselborn.
As a reminder, relations between the two countries are experiencing a crisis after the Turkish military shot down a Russian su-24 that was in Syria. Ankara stated that the aircraft allegedly crossed the border but did not provide evidence. The radar system of the Ministry of Defence and the government army of Syria documented that the su-24 was in Syria at the time of the attack.
Comment: Is Turkey out there on a limb by itself? That is what happens when a country puts its own agenda before that of the club. Did Turkey seek to manipulate circumstances to its own particular advantage, thinking it was going to drag in NATO to do the cleanup? Looks like it. Maybe there is a smidgen of wisdom left in the old NATO alliance that the US hasn't, likewise, managed to twist to its own advantage.
So much for NATO treaty commitments? Or perhaps the reverse is true. Remember the kind advice Ambassador April Glaspie gave Saddam Hussein?