09/10/2012 (Agence Europe) - NATO support for Turkey but call for restraint. On Tuesday 9 October, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that Turkey could count on NATO which has “all necessary plans in place to protect and defend Turkey if necessary” in its crisis against Syria. However he called on the parties involved to show restraint and to avoid escalation of the conflict. (CG/transl.fl)