Turkey demands 'full solidarity' from its NATO allies

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Turkey demands "full solidarity" from its allies in the fight against terrorism, a Turkish envoy in the NATO has said.

The permanent representative of Turkey to NATO, Fatih Ceylan, spoke to Anadolu Agency on Friday ahead of the NATO foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels.

Ceylan said that Turkey had been faced with multilateral terror threats from Daesh, PKK, [far-left] DHKP-C, and FETO terror groups, calling on Turkey's NATO allies to act "in full solidarity, unity and integrity".

The envoy said the NATO meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday would "provide an additional platform and opportunity for us to express our sensitivities with regards to the fight against terrorism".

The Brussels meeting will focus on NATO-EU relations, NATO-Georgia relations, North Korea, Russia, and the fight against terrorism, Ceylan said.

Turkey supports the improvement of the NATO-EU cooperation to strengthen security against common threats, he added.

The NATO has recently re-shaped its command structure, while the EU's 23 states signed a defense pact increasing the cooperation on security sector last month.

Reporting by Serife Cetin:Writing by Ilker Girit