Germany will deploy a Patriot missile air defence battery to Turkiye as part of a Nato rotation, Berlin’s defence ministry said Monday.
About 150 soldiers currently based in the northern city of Husum would move with a Patriot anti-missile system to Turkiye from the end of June to September, the ministry said.
The move is part of a rotation that will relieve an American unit currently on deployment, it added.
“Germany is taking more responsibility within Nato,” Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said. “The close work our soldiers are carrying out with our Turkish and American partners shows how reliably we cooperate with our allies.”
The US unit had been moved to boost Turkish defences in response to Iranian rocket attacks that hit American allies in the region after the United States and Israel launched their war on Tehran at the end of February. –Agencies
