NATO chief to visit Turkey on April 20


(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) >NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will pay a two-day visit to Turkey on April 20-21 with a view to discussing preparations for the Warsaw Summit to be held in July the Turkish Foreign Ministry has announced.

Stoltenberg will hold talks with both PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdoanand Prime Minister Ahmet Davutolu as well as with Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuolu and Defense Minister smet Ylmaz the ministry said in a written statement on April 19.

“At these meetings in addition to the preparations for the Warsaw Summit challenges emanating from the security situation on NATO’s southeastern border as well as the implementation of Alliance’s assurance measures for Turkey will be addressed. In this framework it is expected that views will be exchanged on issues stemming from the Middle East and North Africa primarily Iraq Syria and DEASH [the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - ISIL] and NATO’s activity in the Aegean Sea” the ministry added.


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