North Atlantic Council

NATO allies have called on Moscow to take all necessary measures to ensure that  incidents like the recent violations of Turkish airspace by Russian warplanes do not take place in the future.

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday that he will convene a meeting of the North Atlantic Council later in the day to discuss the Russian airstrikes in Syria, including a violation of Turkey's airspace by a Russian military jet.

Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov stated on Tuesday that Bulgaria expresses solidarity with Turkey.

His comments come after the request of Turkey for a special meeting of the North Atlantic Council to be convened under Article 4 of the Washington Treaty.

Turkey has called for a meeting of its NATO allies to discuss threats to its security and its airstrikes targeting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Iraq, as Turkey boosts international efforts to gain support for the strikes. 

NATO's secretary general said Ankara has not yet asked for any military support. 

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has welcomed Montenegro's commitment to regional security and cooperation and thanked the country for its continued contributions to the Alliance's Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bogdan Aurescu will participate on Wednesday and Thursday in Antalya - Turkey in the meeting of NATO chief diplomats dedicated to analyzing the situation in Afghanistan, Ukraine and strengthening NATO relationships; on this occasion, Aurescu will present Romania's stance on security developments in the eastern and southern neighborhood of the Alliance, a Foreign Mini

Minister of National Defence, Mircea Dusa, and General Sir Adrian Bradshaw, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, on Tuesday are set to attend the Distinguished Visitors day (DV-day) part of the Wind Spring 5 multinational exercise to be carried out at the Smardan Training Area, Galati County, reads a press release of the MApN.

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The NATO Crisis Management and Disaster Response Centre for Excellence (CMDR COE) in Bulgaria was granted official accreditation.

The accreditation, which was granted by the North Atlantic Council, enabled CMDR COE as a NATO military body with international status as stipulated under Article XIV of the Paris Protocol.

BELGRADE, BRUSSELS - Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic and Defence Minister Bratislav GAsic will visit the NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, the Defence Ministry has stated.

The two ministers will meet with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and take part in a meeting of the North Atlantic Council.

Turkey will host a NATO foreign ministers' meeting in the southern province of Antalya between May 13 and 14.

Turkey previously hosted meetings of NATO foreign and defense ministers in 1994 and 2010 respectively, and the NATO Summit of Heads of State and Government in 2004.