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On Saturday, the French presidency denounced the “unacceptable” statements by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in which he questioned the “mental health” of his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, for his stances towards Muslims.
The French presidency said in a comment to France Press that “President Erdogan’s statements are unacceptable. The escalation of rhetoric and vulgarity does not represent a way to deal. We ask Erdogan to change the course of his policy because it is dangerous from all sides. angles. We will not enter into sterile arguments and we will not accept insults. “
The presidency also announced the removal of the French ambassador in Ankara.
Erdogan had denounced the policies of his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron towards Muslims, saying he had to “examine their mental health.”
There is a raging dispute between Markon and Erdogan over maritime rights in the eastern Mediterranean, conflict files in Libya, Syria, and most recently the breakaway Nagorno Karabakh region in Azerbaijan.
“What can you say about a head of state who treats millions of followers of different religions in this way? First of all: check your mental health,” Erdogan said in a televised speech in the city of Kayseri (center).
Macron’s proposal to protect his country’s secular values from followers of extremist Islamic currents enraged the Turkish government.
Macron described Islam this month as a religion that is in “crisis” around the world and indicated that the government will introduce a bill in December to toughen a law passed in 1905 that formally separates church and state in France.
The most recent differences between the two leaders emerged in the record of the conflict in the Nagorno Karabakh region, which is inhabited by the majority of Armenia, and declared their separation from Azerbaijan after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, which led to war. from the early nineties that left 30 thousand dead.
Macron asked Turkey this month to provide explanations about the arrival of jihadist fighters in Azerbaijan, according to him, saying that “a red line has been crossed.”
For his part, Erdogan accused France, which leads the Minsk Group with Russia and the United States, of “being behind the disasters and the occupation in Azerbaijan.”
He went to Paris and said: “You are part of the Minsk Trio. What have you done so far? Have you saved the Azerbaijani lands from occupation? No. Just send weapons to the Armenians.”
“Do you think you are going to restore peace with the weapons you are sending to the Armenians? You cannot because you are not honest,” he added.
Turkey supports Azerbaijan in the conflict, which has claimed hundreds of lives since its resumption in late September. “I spoke with (Azerbaijani President Ilham) Aliyev this morning,” Erdogan revealed. “Now the Azerbaijani brothers are advancing on the occupied lands. They have started to take them back,” he said.
