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NATOs North Atlantic Council condemned Tuesday Syrias downing of a Turkish jet on Friday, but did not recommend military action for the act, as Ankara has requested.
At the emergency meeting, requested by Turkey and chaired by NATO secretary-general Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the council clearly denounced Syrias aggression in the strongest terms, calling the shooting down of a Turkish jet over the Mediterranean unacceptable.
It is another example of the Syrian disregard for international norms, peace and security, and human life, said the NATO chief, expressing his solidarity with Turkey, but making no mention of retaliatory action.
During the meeting, Turkey briefed the North Atlantic Council on the downing Friday of its unarmed RF-4E reconnaissance jet over the Mediterranean Sea. It crashed into the sea a mile inside international waters. The two pilots are still missing.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said separately that Turkish military will respond to any future violation of its border by Syrian military elements.
The rules of engagement of the Turkish Armed Forces have changed, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. Any military element that approaches the Turkish border from Syria posing a security risk and danger will be regarded as a threat and treated as a military target.
The discussions were held under Article 4 of NATOs founding treaty, which allows a NATO member, in this case Turkey, to request consultations if its security has been threatened, officials and diplomats said.
Turkey had asked the meeting be held under article 5, which stipulates an attack on any member country is an attack on all of NATO.
Rasmussen said NATO was following the situation closely. I certainly expect that such an incident will not happen again, he said.
The secretary-general has also repeatedly said that the alliance would need a clear international mandate, and regional support, before it embarked on a mission in Syria. Last year, NATO launched air attacks on Libyan government targets only after receiving a mandate from the UN Security Council, along with backing from the Arab League.
Syria said the downing was an accident, caused by the automatic response of an officer commanding an anti-aircraft position who saw an unidentified jet flying at high speed and low altitude.
But Erdogan said Syria shot down the unarmed plane in international airspace in a deliberate and hostile act and without warning. He said border violations in the region were not uncommon and that Syrian helicopters violated Turkish airspace five times recently, without Turkish response.
On Monday, Turkey revealed that a search and rescue plane sent to find the downed recon jet had been shot at as well, but did not crash.
The downing of the jet has aggravated tense ties between the two neighbors. Turkey has repeatedly called on Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down as 33,000 Syrians have sought refuge in Turkey, fleeing a government crackdown on a popular uprising.
In Syrias case, the Arab League hasnt been able to agree on the need for military intervention. And Russia and China both veto-wielding members of the Security Council have consistently shielded Assads regime from international sanctions over its violent crackdown on protests. They have called on neighboring countries to refrain from provocative actions that could spark a wider war.
NATO says downing of Turkish jet 'unacceptable,' but no action in offing | The Times of Israel
THEY WON'T DO **** ABOUT IT
THEY WON'T DO **** ABOUT IT
NATOs North Atlantic Council condemned Tuesday Syrias downing of a Turkish jet on Friday, but did not recommend military action for the act, as Ankara has requested.
At the emergency meeting, requested by Turkey and chaired by NATO secretary-general Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the council clearly denounced Syrias aggression in the strongest terms, calling the shooting down of a Turkish jet over the Mediterranean unacceptable.
It is another example of the Syrian disregard for international norms, peace and security, and human life, said the NATO chief, expressing his solidarity with Turkey, but making no mention of retaliatory action.
During the meeting, Turkey briefed the North Atlantic Council on the downing Friday of its unarmed RF-4E reconnaissance jet over the Mediterranean Sea. It crashed into the sea a mile inside international waters. The two pilots are still missing.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said separately that Turkish military will respond to any future violation of its border by Syrian military elements.
The rules of engagement of the Turkish Armed Forces have changed, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. Any military element that approaches the Turkish border from Syria posing a security risk and danger will be regarded as a threat and treated as a military target.
The discussions were held under Article 4 of NATOs founding treaty, which allows a NATO member, in this case Turkey, to request consultations if its security has been threatened, officials and diplomats said.
Turkey had asked the meeting be held under article 5, which stipulates an attack on any member country is an attack on all of NATO.
Rasmussen said NATO was following the situation closely. I certainly expect that such an incident will not happen again, he said.
The secretary-general has also repeatedly said that the alliance would need a clear international mandate, and regional support, before it embarked on a mission in Syria. Last year, NATO launched air attacks on Libyan government targets only after receiving a mandate from the UN Security Council, along with backing from the Arab League.
Syria said the downing was an accident, caused by the automatic response of an officer commanding an anti-aircraft position who saw an unidentified jet flying at high speed and low altitude.
But Erdogan said Syria shot down the unarmed plane in international airspace in a deliberate and hostile act and without warning. He said border violations in the region were not uncommon and that Syrian helicopters violated Turkish airspace five times recently, without Turkish response.
On Monday, Turkey revealed that a search and rescue plane sent to find the downed recon jet had been shot at as well, but did not crash.
The downing of the jet has aggravated tense ties between the two neighbors. Turkey has repeatedly called on Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down as 33,000 Syrians have sought refuge in Turkey, fleeing a government crackdown on a popular uprising.
In Syrias case, the Arab League hasnt been able to agree on the need for military intervention. And Russia and China both veto-wielding members of the Security Council have consistently shielded Assads regime from international sanctions over its violent crackdown on protests. They have called on neighboring countries to refrain from provocative actions that could spark a wider war.
NATO says downing of Turkish jet 'unacceptable,' but no action in offing | The Times of Israel
THEY WON'T DO **** ABOUT IT
THEY WON'T DO **** ABOUT IT
