Amid France-Turkey row, UK calls on NATO allies to defend free speech


  • World
  • Wednesday, 28 Oct 2020

FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and French President Emmanuel Macron attend a news conference after a Syria summit, in Istanbul, Turkey October 27, 2018. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab called on NATO allies to stand shoulder-to-shoulder on values of tolerance and free speech, in a veiled rebuke to Turkey which has been calling for a boycott of French goods.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has urged Turks to stop buying French goods and has accused France of pursuing an anti-Islam agenda. Britain, France and Turkey are all NATO members.

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