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Wednesday 29 Jul 2015 - 13:20 Makkah mean time-13-10-1436
Brussels (IINA) – NATO voiced its “strong support” for Turkey on Tuesday following an emergency meeting of the alliance's executive body, Anadolu Agency reported.
Speaking at a news conference after the meeting, called for by Turkey following attacks by Daesh and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said: “In the meeting, there was full agreement on the statement and all allies expressed their strong support for Turkey and we all stand together united with Turkey.
In a statement released following the meeting in Brussels, the North Atlantic Council said it had discussed the threats against Turkey and passed on condolences to the families of 32 people killed in last week’s bomb attack in the southern town of Suruc, as well as those of police and military members killed since the July 20 bombing.
“Terrorism poses a direct threat to the security of NATO countries and to international stability and prosperity,” the statement said. “It is a global threat that knows no border, nationality or religion – a challenge that the international community must fight and tackle together”.
“Terrorism in all its forms and manifestations can never be tolerated or justified. The security of the alliance is indivisible and we stand in strong solidarity with Turkey,” the statement added.
Following the Suruc attack, which has been widely blamed on Daesh, police and soldiers have been killed in attacks by the PKK and Daesh, leading Turkey to launch airstrikes in Syria and Iraq over the weekend.
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