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Monday, June 23, 2014

NATO partners mull ending Patriot mission in Turkey

Dutch Patriot SystemNATO allies have started preliminary consultations on concluding the Patriot missile mission in Turkey at the end of 2014, German media reported on Sunday.

U.S., Germany and the Netherlands have held exploratory discussions on a possible withdrawal of their Patriot units as the mission is expected to meet its objectives at the end of the year, German weekly Der Spiegel reported.

NATO allies Germany and the Netherlands believe that after the full transportation of Syria’s chemical weapons, material and equipment from the country, the continuation of Patriot deployment would be unnecessary, the weekly argued.

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