Stoltenberg and Erdogan discussed ties between NATO and Turkey. Stoltenberg said: "We support Turkey with assurance measures, including AWACS surveillance aircraft, naval patrols and exercises."
NATO’s Secretary General claimed that NATO air and missile defence systems help protect Turkey and the Alliance has provided billions in funding for military infrastructure in the country.
Meanwhile, NATO’s Secretary General promised support for Turkey's operations in northern Syria in the meeting with Turkey's foreign minister, Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu.
Foreign Minister Çavu?o?lu and the Secretary General discussed the situation in Syria, including Operation Olive Branch and the situation in Douma, in Eastern Ghouta.
Stoltenberg also talked with the country’s defense minister Nurettin Canikli.
NATO’s Secretary General, during his talks with Turkish officials, repeated his false accusations against the Syrian government vis-a-vis chemical weapons. Stoltenberg asserted: “NATO strongly condemns the repeated use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime as a threat to international peace and security."
U.S. Britain and France have accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of ordering chemical agents to be used in an attack on Douma, a suburb of Damascus. Syria has categorically rejected the accusations, saying the militants / terrorists who were in control of Douma for many years, staged a false flag chemical attack recently, and then pointed the finger of blame at the government.
Russia and Iran are also saying that they are certain the Syrian government did not order a chemical attack against Douma.
