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Raisethefist.com: Syria ally Iran urges calm over downed Turkish jet
Syria ally Iran urges calm over downed Turkish jet
by anonymous Mon Jun 25 22:48:31 PDT 2012
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NATO will hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday to discuss the downing of a Turkish jet by Syrian forces, a spokeswoman for the Atlantic Alliance said.
"Turkey has requested consultations under Article 4" of NATO's founding treaty, under which member countries can request a meeting if their security is threatened, NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu said, adding that the meeting would take place on Tuesday.
Turkey called for the meeting today after accusing Syria of shooting down one of its warplanes in international airspace.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on national television an investigation by Ankara into the incident concluded that its plane was "shot down in international airspace, 13 nautical miles from Syria".
Davutoglu said the plane was shot down shortly after it "momentarily violated Syrian airspace" but added that the unarmed plane, on a mission to test Turkey's radar defences, had posed no threat to Syria at any time.
Lungescu said, "Under Article 4, any ally can request consultations whenever, in the opinion of any of them, their territorial integrity, political independence or security is threatened. The North Atlantic Council will meet on Tuesday at Turkey's request. We expect Turkey to make a presentation on the recent incident."
Iran urged Ankara and Damascus to show "restraint" over Syria's shooting down of a Turkish fighter jet, Iranian state media reported today.
Tehran "asks both sides to show calm and restraint and hopes that with tact and tolerance and dialogue, this issue will be evaluated and through a peaceful resolution, tranquility and stability will be preserved in the region," Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi was quoted as saying.
Iran is the staunchest ally of Syria, which is embroiled in a 15-month conflict UN officials fear has become a civil war.
Turkey, a NATO member, sits on the other side as a critic of Syrian President Bashar al Assad's crackdown on the unrest.
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