EU defends German navy search of Turkish cargo ship

Brussels (AFP) Nov 24, 2020

The European Commission on Tuesday defended a German navy search of a Turkish-flagged cargo vessel, saying it was conducted properly under an EU mission enforcing an arms embargo on Libya. The boarding of the container ship, MV Roseline A, on Sunday by a team from a German frigate operating under the EU's Operation Irini, raised the hackles of Turkey, which called it an "unlawful interventio