Military assistance to Turkey has NATO
NATO to help Turkey, a member state of the North Atlantic Treaty, if necessary, he said today the secretary general of the alliance Jens Stoltenberg, a few days after aircraft of the Air Force of Russia executed bombing missions in Syria violated Turkish airspace.
Asked if NATO is prepared to defend Turkey against Russia, the Stoltenberg said: "Turkey is a strong ally and has the second largest army" of the North Atlantic Treaty.
"They have a well-deserved Air Force, so the Turkish armed forces are those that will react first, but NATO is here to help them if needed," added Jens Stoltenberg.
Earlier, the Secretary General of NATO accused Russia that helps to prolong the conflict in Syria offering support to Bashar al-Assad against modest opposition, but added his voice to those calling to be a political settlement with the participation of Moscow and Tehran.
"Russia should be struggling against IR (organization Islamic State) and not to support Assad," said Stoltenberg in a speech before the parliamentary member states of NATO who participated in a meeting in Stavanger in southwestern Norway .
"The problem is that they are focusing their efforts in the fight against IK but also moderates fighting organizations of the opposition and support the Assad regime. This undoubtedly will prolong the war, "he continued.
Russia has pursued since the end of September an intensive bombing campaign across the war in Syria. Only during the last 24 hours he said it struck 53 "goals."
"We need to push for (to find) a political solution to the war in Syria and then, of course, all the countries involved in the conflict, either inside Syria or abroad, with the support of various organizations, should take part in the dialogue "to find a settlement, added Jens Stoltenberg. "This includes all countries, including for example Iran and Russia," he said.
NATO to help Turkey, a member state of the North Atlantic Treaty, if necessary, he said today the secretary general of the alliance Jens Stoltenberg, a few days after aircraft of the Air Force of Russia executed bombing missions in Syria violated Turkish airspace.
Asked if NATO is prepared to defend Turkey against Russia, the Stoltenberg said: "Turkey is a strong ally and has the second largest army" of the North Atlantic Treaty.
"They have a well-deserved Air Force, so the Turkish armed forces are those that will react first, but NATO is here to help them if needed," added Jens Stoltenberg.
Earlier, the Secretary General of NATO accused Russia that helps to prolong the conflict in Syria offering support to Bashar al-Assad against modest opposition, but added his voice to those calling to be a political settlement with the participation of Moscow and Tehran.
"Russia should be struggling against IR (organization Islamic State) and not to support Assad," said Stoltenberg in a speech before the parliamentary member states of NATO who participated in a meeting in Stavanger in southwestern Norway .
"The problem is that they are focusing their efforts in the fight against IK but also moderates fighting organizations of the opposition and support the Assad regime. This undoubtedly will prolong the war, "he continued.
Russia has pursued since the end of September an intensive bombing campaign across the war in Syria. Only during the last 24 hours he said it struck 53 "goals."
"We need to push for (to find) a political solution to the war in Syria and then, of course, all the countries involved in the conflict, either inside Syria or abroad, with the support of various organizations, should take part in the dialogue "to find a settlement, added Jens Stoltenberg. "This includes all countries, including for example Iran and Russia," he said.
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