A pak-based handle took to X and claimed that France said it would provide the Meteor missile to Turkey, rejecting Greece’s and India’s requests.
An account named Tactical Tribune posted an image on X and wrote: “France says it’ll provide Meteor missile to Turkey, rejecting Greece and Indian request”
Fact-Check
To investigate the above-shared claim, the DFRAC team searched some keywords on Google related to the above-shared claim and found some latest reports from Yeni Safak, Daily Sabah & US Muslims in this regard.
As per these reports, France is not playing a role in a possible sale of Meteor missile to Türkiye, according to the country’s defence minister.
The reports further stated the statement of Lecornu, the French Minister of Armed Forces.
“Do we have a role in this? The answer is no,” Sebastien Lecornu told the National Assembly on Tuesday, 18 Feb. He explained that the Meteor missiles are integrated into the Eurofighter jets that Türkiye is also working to acquire and that they are not selling this to Türkiye.
Moreover, the reports mentioned the further statement by the country’s defence minister:”We don’t have control over British arms exports,” Lecornu said. The Eurofighter consortium is made up of the U.K., Germany, Italy and Spain”
Conclusion
It is clear from DFRAC’s fact-check that the above-shared claim citing France saying it’ll provide Meteor missiles to Turkey, rejecting Greece’s and India’s requests is completely misleading. Originally, the country’s defence minister dismissed this claim, confirming that negotiations are solely between Britain and Turkey.
Analysis: Misleading
