Turkey drops block on defence plan for Baltics – NATO chief

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Turkey drops block on defence plan for Baltics – NATO chief

WATFORD, England, Dec 4 (Reuters) - NATO Secretary-Normal Jens Stoltenberg mentioned on Wednesday t


WATFORD, England, Dec 4 (Reuters)NATO Secretary-Normal Jens Stoltenberg mentioned on Wednesday that Turkey had dropped its block on a plan to bolster the defences of Baltic states and Poland towards Russia.

He instructed a information convention after an alliance summit outdoors London that NATO leaders didn’t focus on the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, which Turkey views as a terrorist organisation.

Forward of the summit, Ankara had refused to again the NATO defence plan for the Baltics and Poland till it obtained extra help for its battle with the YPG, together with different alliance members recognising it as a terrorist group.

In a ultimate press convention after the summit, Stoltenberg additionally mentioned that NATO was in favour of dialogue and a greater relationship with Russia, and believed that China needs to be a part of future arms limitations or reductions talks.

(Reporting by Robin Emmott Writing by John Chalmers; Modifying by Luke Baker)

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