BRUSSELS (Sputnik) – The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) fully supports Turkey’s right to protect its territorial integrity and airspace," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday.
"All allies fully support Turkey’s right to defend its territorial integrity and its airspace," Stoltenberg said at a joint conference with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.
Following the incident, NATO expressed solidarity with Turkey and offered support for Ankara saying that the Alliance's assessments of the incident were consistent with information provided by the country, which claimed that the Russian warplane had briefly violated Turkish airspace.
The Russian General Staff and the Syrian Air Defense Command confirmed that the Su-24 never crossed into Turkish airspace, and was downed on Syrian territory.
