Following the meeting of the North Atlantic Council requested by Turkey - to explain its actions - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will give a statement to the press, no doubt urging, just as Obama and Hollande just did, no escalation between the two nations.
- *U.S., NATO OFFICIALS SAY RUSSIAN JET WAS IN TURKISH AIRSPACE:AP
- *HOLLANDE: MUST PREVENT ANY ESCALATION BETWEEN RUSSIA, TURKEY
- *OBAMA: RUSSIANS, TURKS MUST TALK TO EACH OTHER, NOT ESCALATE
And we were not wrong...
- *STOLTENBERG SAYS 'THIS IS A SERIOUS SITUATION'
- *STOLTENBERG SAYS NATO BACKS TURKEY'S VERSION OF TODAY'S EVENTS
Here is The Turkish map of the flight paths...
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So we must de-escalate!!
- *STOLTENBERG CALLS FOR 'CALM AND DE-ESCALATION'
- *STOLTENBERG SAYS ALL MUST CONTRIBUTE TO DE-ESCALATION
- *STOLTENBERG SAYS ISIL SHOULD BE COMMON ENEMY OF RUSSIA, WEST
And here is the full statement:
