Military alliances don’t like surprises, which is why NATO was taken aback by an apparently impromptu German and Turkish proposal that it should take on a new role in the refugee crisis, such as sea patrols against human traffickers in the Aegean.
The initiative — fruit of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu in Ankara on Monday — promises to overshadow a meeting of NATO defense ministers on Wednesday and Thursday, which had been scheduled to focus on Eastern Europe, the Russian threat, Georgia and defense spending. Syria was only meant to be discussed over dinner.
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Source: European Voice
