10 Oct 2012 16:14

NATO should not interfere in Syria on pretext of defending Turkey - Iraqi PM

MOSCOW. Oct 10 (Interfax) - NATO should not interfere in the Syrian conflict under the pretext of defending Turkey, as nothing threatens Turkey itself, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said.

"All these stories about Syrian planes dropping bombs on Turkish territory are really exaggerating things, even if something of the sort did happen," al-Maliki said in an interview with Interfax.

"It would be wrong to foment war over this and involve an entire organization such as NATO for the sake of defending Turkey. Nothing is threatening Turkey," he said.