Chapter 653 NATO Meeting

US Secretary of State George felt a lot of pressure.

The development of the incident was completely beyond the expectations of the United States. If both sides had exercised restraint and avoided causing more casualties, the situation could still have been salvaged.

But what about now? A Greek transport ship was destroyed, killing hundreds of officers and soldiers. Greece has to take revenge, otherwise, the Greek people will also accuse the Greek government of being weak!

At the same time, Turkey is also quite tough. On the same day, the Turkish government issued a statement that the Greek Navy launched anti-aircraft missiles and shot down Turkish fighter jets, which was a complete act of war! Turkey strongly condemned Greece's proactive provocation! Moreover, a Greek transport ship hit a reef and sank, but it wanted to put the blame on the Turkish Navy. Türkiye would never agree!

If you want to fight, just fight. Why look for such a lame excuse? Türkiye has already known about the Greek shipwreck. This was definitely not done by Turkey. The waterway there is complicated, so it must have hit a reef and sunk!

Both sides have lost people and equipment, and both sides accuse the other side of initiating the war. In this situation, verbal attacks can no longer solve the problem, and the fateful battle must be carried out!

The Turkish Navy dispatched their fleet and began to set up defenses and wait in the waters east of Cyprus. At the same time, fighter jets from both sides were ready for a battle!

And at this most critical moment, the 6th NATO Summit was held in Brussels.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO for short, is an international military group established by the United States and major developed countries in Western Europe and North America to achieve defense cooperation. In the face of the Soviet Union's aggressive offensive, Western countries could only unite to fight against the Soviet Union!

NATO possesses a large number of nuclear weapons and conventional forces. It is a symbol of the strategic military alliance of the Western camp after World War II, an extension and development of the Marshall Plan in the military field, enabling the United States to control the EU's defense system and a symbol of the United States' leadership as a world superpower.

Generally speaking, NATO holds a defense ministers' meeting every year, but now, the summit meeting is held at critical times. Since the establishment of NATO, such meetings have only been held five times.

US President Reagan flew to Brussels, the headquarters of NATO, in person with a serious expression on his face.

"Okay, all the leaders are here, let's start the meeting now," said Joseph Lance, Secretary General of NATO, with white hair on his forehead. Born in 1911 in Rotterdam, the world's largest port, he dreamed of becoming a member of the Royal Navy, but accidentally entered the diplomatic world. Moreover, he has been the Secretary General of NATO for ten years, from 1971 to now.

His main responsibility was to coordinate relations among member states and make NATO as a whole an iron wall to defend against Soviet attacks.

Almost all previous summit meetings were devoted to discussing the Soviet Union's issues. Only this time, the main content of the meeting was to coordinate the relationship between the two member states!

Joseph glanced at the heads of state attending the meeting. When the Turkish head of state and the Greek president entered the conference room, there was anger in each other's eyes, and they might even start fighting!

"Now, we would like to invite President Reagan to speak," said Joseph.

"Ladies and gentlemen, NATO was originally established to fight against the Soviet Union. Only when our member states cooperate sincerely and jointly deal with foreign enemies can we realize our strategic interests." Reagan's words were heavy: "But now, our member states have actually had serious frictions with each other, and this friction was provoked by our common enemy!"

Everyone knows what Reagan is saying. Now, the entire NATO is under the leadership of the United States. The United States is the leader, and the words of the American president need to be respected!

Efren crossed one leg over the other and looked down at Constantine, who was standing opposite him. At this moment, Constantine was looking at the ceiling.

"The situation in Cyprus has suddenly deteriorated because the Soviets have instigated it. I suggest that Cyprus be handled by an international peacekeeping force. We request the United Nations to send more peacekeeping forces to Cyprus to maintain local order," Reagan continued.

Cyprus is a fuse. Now, Greece and Türkiye are preparing for a fight, so we must cut off the root of this fight at the source!

"Greece and Turkey must immediately end their hostilities and restore their previous arrangements to restore peace in the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean!" Reagan continued, "This is from the perspective of the interests of our entire NATO. The two countries must comply!"

"One of our transport ships was sunk, and more than a hundred soldiers lost their lives. Now we are going to end the hostilities like this? Our people will not agree." Constantine suddenly lowered his head, his eyes full of hatred, looking at the Turkish head of state opposite him, and said: "If this agreement is reached, we will never be able to return to Greece. Even if Turkey apologizes to us and compensates us for our losses, it will not be able to suppress the anger of our people."

"Let your people ****." At this moment, Evren on the opposite side suddenly interrupted: "You Orthodox pagans!"

Evren came from the military. When he was at the bottom, he was already familiar with such crude words. After he gained state power, Evren restrained himself a lot. But now, facing such a shameless politician, Evren had no choice but to attack him with the most vicious language.

It was clearly sunk by running aground, but they insisted that it was destroyed by a torpedo fired by a Turkish submarine. If Türkiye really used torpedoes, it did not hit the transport ship, but the escorting destroyer!

At times like this, if you can't win the argument with the other person, just vent your anger with your mouth.

After hearing what Efren said, Constantine stood up: "What did you say?"

After saying that, Constantine exerted force with his arms and tried to climb over the table. He wanted to have a fight with Efren!

"Guards, guards, hold them all down!" Reagan shouted. This meeting was to help them stop the fight, but now, the heads of these two countries are going to fight together! Can their war still be stopped?

Looking at the two guys who were panting, especially Constantine, he was already old. If he hadn't held on firmly, he might have broken his arms or legs, and the news would have gotten out, making the whole world laugh at him.

"Ding-ling-ling." Just then, the phone on the table rang.

Joseph picked up the phone and heard a voice inside: "Mr. Secretary General, the latest situation is that the Kurdistan Workers' Party has launched a large-scale riot in Turkey."