PodcastNATO meets under Article 4 to discuss Syria at Turkey's request
NATO ambassadors are set to meet on Feb. 28 to hold consultations about developments in Syria under Article 4 of the alliance's treaty at Turkey's request, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said, after the killing of 33 Turkish soldiers in a Syrian air strike in the Idlib region. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu spoke to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg by phone late on Feb. 27.
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NATO ambassadors are set to meet in Brussels at Turkey's request on Feb. 28 to hold consultations about developments in Syria, the alliance said after the killing of 33 Turkish soldiers in a Syrian air strike in the Idlib region.
Turkey will no longer stop Syrian migrant flow to Europe, says official"The North Atlantic Council, which includes the ambassadors of all 29 NATO Allies, will meet on Friday 28 February, following a request by Turkey to hold consultations under article 4 of NATO’s founding Washington Treaty on the situation in Syria," NATO said in a statement.
Under article 4 of the Treaty, any ally can request consultations whenever, in the opinion of any of them, their territorial integrity, political independence or security is threatened.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu spoke to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg by phone late on Feb. 27.
A senior Turkish official said Ankara would no longer stop Syrian refugees from reaching Europe.
Kremlin says no plans for Putin-Erdoğan meeting in Istanbul on March 5The pro-government Demirören news agency reported that some 300 migrants, including women and children, were walking northwest toward Turkey's border with Greece.
The threat to open the way for refugees to Europe would, if executed, reverse a pledge Turkey made to the European Union in 2016 and could quickly draw Western powers into the standoff over Idlib and stalled negotiations between Ankara and Moscow.