Winds of War Syria-Turkey, NATO and EU in the field

Skyrocketing tension between Turkey and Syria because of turkish fighter shot down by Syrian and was - according to Ankara - in international airspace. While relations between the two countries are complicated and they start to blow the winds of war, diplomacy sharpening weapons: tomorrow the bank will issue to the Council of Foreign Ministers in Luxembourg, while Tuesday will discuss NATO.Turkey, a key member of the Alliance, asked for a meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) and the envoys of the 28 member states will meet Tuesday in Brussels to hear the version of Turkey.The meeting will help to understand what happened and could end - Alliance sources said - with an expression of solidarity. So far, NATO has always ruled out military intervention in Syria, and is the first time that the situation in Syria monopolize the agenda of the Nac. "Turkey has requested consultations under Article 4 of the Treaty of Washington", said NATO spokeswoman Oana lungescu. "According to Article 4, each of the allies may request consultations at the impression that its territorial integrity, political independence or its security is threatened," he explained Lungescu. "We expect that Turkey will make a presentation recently about the incident." Article 4 requires consultation, but does not imply an obligation - under Article .5 - to consider an armed attack to a member of his state as "a direct attack against the entire alliance," to compel it to respond."This is where Turkey needs is political support, we have not had any request," sources said. "It 's important that the allies show solidarity and concern". The demolition of the fighter turkish and mutual accusations between Ankara and Damascus while Teran bank tomorrow to the board of EU foreign. Agenda of the ministers there is already approved new sanctions against Damascus to clarify the prohibition on insurance companies to cover deliveries of weapons or equipment that can be used for law enforcement purposes to the Syrian regime. In addition to these restrictions, we now add a new sentencing policy. "This is another very serious and unacceptable action by the Assad regime," said Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi, expressing "strong indignation and condemnation of the killing". Third party also denounced the "increasingly intolerable humanitarian conditions in the Syrian population is forced by the regime in Damascus." The British minister William Hague calls "scandalous" the Syrian action and promises of support from London to a '"strong action". "I am deeply concerned by the actions of the Syrian regime" and the destruction of Damascus underlines the turkish Phantom "has been pushed beyond the limit dell'accettabile," says the proprietor of the Foreign Office. With a phone call to the turkish foreign minister, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today expressed deep concern and said he was alarmed by the potentially serious implications of the episode in the region, while Iran has appealed for restraint both Turkey and Syria.