NATO ambassadors, meeting in Brussels Tuesday, expressed strong solidarity with Turkey, a member-nation, over Syria’s downing of a Turkish military reconnaissance plane last week (June 22). But the 28-member military alliance remained notably muted on the looming question of what further action it may be willing to contemplate, vowing only to “remain seized” of developments.
“Let me make this clear: The security of the Alliance is indivisible,” NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in a press briefing following the meeting of the North Atlantic Council Tuesday. “We stand together with Turkey in the spirit of strong solidarity.”
