FILE PHOTO: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu attends a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium, November 20, 2019. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey is not blackmailing NATO with its rejection of a defence plan for the Baltics and Poland, and has full veto rights within the alliance, a Turkish security source said on Monday ahead of a NATO alliance summit in London.
Reuters reported last week that Turkey was refusing to back a NATO defence plan for the Baltics and Poland until it received more support for its battle with the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, which it views as a terrorist organisation.
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