ANKARA, April 15 -- NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will pay a visit to Turkey on Monday to meet Turkish leaders amid international tensions sparked by the U.S.-led coalition's air raids in Syria.
Stoltenberg is expected to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli and Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar during his short visit in Ankara, Turkey's capital, to discuss Syrian crisis and some other topics, according to diplomatic sources.
Turkey's Foreign Ministry on Saturday welcomed U.S.-led air strikes in Syria, saying that they were an appropriate reaction to the suspected chemical attack against civilians.
Turkey is caught in the middle of a fight while its president seems to act as a mediator trying to de-escalate the situation that could lead to a wider global conflict.
"We have demanded sensitivity to be displayed by all coalition forces, particularly the U.S. and Russia. Current developments show that the tension is likely to be easing," Erdogan told reporters on Friday regarding his phone talks with his American and Russian counterparts, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, before the air raids.
After the raids, Erdogan also spoke with British Prime Minister Theresa May and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Ever since the suspected chemical weapons in Syria's Douma on April 7, Turkish leaders have made a series of statements condemning the attack, calling on the international community to act against this horror, and blaming regime forces of being behind it.
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