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United States President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron want an international coalition that will fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levent (ISIL). The coalition they propose includes Turkey. The U.S.

France will host an international conference on Iraq next week and President Francois Hollande will visit the country on Friday, a statement from the French presidency said.

"With the agreement of the Iraqi authorities, the president has confirmed that an international conference on the peace and security of Iraq will take place in Paris on September 15," the statement read.

Turkey and the United States have launched talks to discuss potential ways of cooperating against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) following a proposal by Washington to form an anti-terror coalition against the rapidly expanding jihadists.

Romania is protected against the "0.01 per cent" possibility that Russia might one day attack the country, President Traian Basescu said on Sunday after last week's NATO summit in Wales.

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The presidents of NATO allies Turkey and the United States have agreed on a joint roadmap concerning “the parallel structure” which is subject to a widening inquiry into the alleged wiretapping of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, while discussing the threat posed by ISIL militants during NATO talks in Wales.

Turks are saying, “There are hostages; my hands are tied.”

Americans are saying, “These manslayers are massacring a citizen of mine every week but we do not stop the operations.”

Turkey has resumed talks with France on purchasing a new missile system after negotiations on a controversial deal with a US-blacklisted Chinese company hit a rock, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was reported Sept. 7 as saying.
      

Turkey may find it hard to play a public role in the coalition the United States is building to strike at Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets in Iraq and possibly Syria for fear the militant group might retaliate against dozens of Turks held hostage.

AGERPRES correspondent Florentina Peia reports: Following the two days of the NATO summit in Newport, Wales, Romanian President Traian Basescu announced that Romania will host a regional command of the Alliance.

Following are some other comments he made to the media on Friday night.

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As was expected, the NATO Summit, which took place in Wales on Sept. 4-5, prioritized the ongoing Ukrainian crisis with Russia and the growing threat posed by extremist jihadists in the Middle East as its top immediate issues. Two important decisions were made by the leaders at the summit.