EU decision for Ukraine military training mission lacks "strategic thinking"

While noting the EU's harmony with NATO, Türkiye's foreign minister on Tuesday criticized the European bloc's lack of engagement with Ankara regarding a new military training mission for Ukraine.

"The European Union, first, I have to say that we (Türkiye) are very happy see the unity within the EU and NATO. The EU announced a new security training mission for Ukraine. And yet again, it ignored consulting with Türkiye before launching that mission," Mevlut Cavusoglu said at the Aspen-GMF Bucharest Forum in Romania.

On Nov. 14, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell announced that EU foreign ministers were expected to give the green light for a training mission for some 15,000 Ukrainian troops.