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Turkish PM to hold emergency meeting on Syrian situation

Politics Materials 29 August 2013 14:27 (UTC +04:00)
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will hold an emergency meeting specifically on the situation in Syria on Thursday with several of the country’s ministers and officials.
Turkish PM to hold emergency meeting on Syrian situation

Azerbaijan, Baku, August 29 /Trend, A.Taghiyeva/

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will hold an emergency meeting specifically on the situation in Syria on Thursday with several of the country's ministers and officials, CNN Türk reported.

In particular, Erdogan will hold meetings with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Defence Minister ismet YIlmaz, Interior Minister Muammer Guler and Intelligence head Hakan Fidan, as well as Deputy Prime Ministers Bulent Arich and Beshir Atalay.

The main topic of the meeting will be the situation in Syria and possible intervention of Western coalition forces to that country.

Some Western countries, as well as Turkey supported intervention to Syria, after another escalation of situation in the country. On August 21 Media outlets informed about the large-scale use of chemical weapons near Damascus by the Syrian Government Troops.
According to the preliminary data, over 600 people became the victims of the attack.

National Coalition of Syrian Opposition claims that the number of victims could reach 1,300 people. After the incident the parties of the conflict repeatedly declared about their innocence, and accused the opponents.

Earlier the US president declared that the use of chemical weapon will be a "red line" for Bashar Assad regime. Media outlets reported about the preparation of Navy and Air Force of Western countries to begin the intervention.

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