Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşo أوlu today called on France to apologize for "false accusations" by jamming Turkish ships of their French counterparts in the Mediterranean.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoglu, in a press conference held today with his German counterpart Haikou Maas in the capital, Berlin, confirmed that his country has proven by reports and documents, that these allegations are false.

In this regard, he said, "The allegations that our ships interfere with their French counterparts are false and Paris should apologize." "France has not told the truth to the European Union and NATO (NATO)," he said.

"We have provided NATO with evidence that the French allegations are not true, and France should be honest in its alliance with Turkey instead of misleading against us by tortuous means," Caoçluoglu said, stressing that Turkey has always sought to solve all outstanding problems through dialogue and constructive talks.

The Turkish Ambassador to France said yesterday that Paris had informed NATO that it would suspend its participation in a maritime operation in the Mediterranean after the results of an investigation into the incident came in a way that did not support the French charges.

These developments come amid what observers have described as France's push to intensify European pressure on Turkey, against the backdrop of its support for the forces of the Libyan government of reconciliation that achieve field victories against the forces of retired Major General Khalifa Hifter.

Turkish Defense Minister Khulusi Akar said that his country sent to NATO definitive evidence, proving the incorrectness of the French accusations of the Turkish navy that it had molested a French ship in the eastern Mediterranean.