Jens Stoltenberg

Turkey's Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu is visiting Poland today in order to participate in the next meeting of regular political military consultations among the foreign ministers of Turkey, Romania and Poland to be held in Warsaw, reports turkish newspaper The Daily Sabah.

The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) will continue to support Afghanistan as part of NATO's mandate in the country, Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar stated on Aug. 23.

United States President Donald Trump has committed the U.S. to an open-ended conflict in Afghanistan, reversing course from his campaign pledges and signaling he will send troops to America's longest war in "a fight to win," a move that was praised by NATO and Afghan authorities. 

Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan said on Aug. 12 that tension with Europe was due to European domestic politics and relations with Berlin would improve after Germany's parliamentary election in September.
   
"Criticism from Europe is about their internal politics," Erdoğan said in a speech in the western city of Isparta that was broadcast live on television.
   

Turkey has confirmed German lawmakers will visit German troops based in a military base in the Central Anatolian province of Konya as part of a NATO trip, after efforts by the alliance's secretary-general to resolve the row between the two allies. 

NATO's relationship with Russia is more difficult than it has been at any point since the end of the Cold War, according to Western defense alliance NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

Ties between NATO and Russia are at their most difficult phase since the Cold War, the alliance's Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said, blaming Russia for its role in the Ukraine conflict.

NATO's secretary general is offering to broker a visit by German lawmakers to troops serving on a Turkish air base in an attempt to heal a rift between the two allies which is disrupting anti-Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) operations.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has praised Turkish people "for standing up" against the July 15, 2016, failed coup attempt, widely believed to have been masterminded by the followers of the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen. 

Turkey on July 14 refused a visit by German lawmakers at a NATO base in the Central Anatolian province of Konya, a party defense spokesman said, marking a new escalation in tensions between the two NATO allies.