NATO says to meet under Article 4 to discuss Syria at Turkey's request
Friday 28/February/2020 - 02:20 PM
NATO ambassadors will meet on Friday 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.
“Today, the #NATO Council meets at Turkey’s request
to consult under Article 4 of NATO’s founding Washington Treaty on the
situation in Syria,” Stoltenberg wrote on Twitter. Under Article 4, an ally can
request consultations if they believed their territorial integrity, political
independence or security is threatened.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu had spoken
to Stoltenberg by phone late on Thursday.
