Turkey says will inform UN, NATO on Syrian helicopter downing

PARIS - Reuters

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu speak to the media during a news conference, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. AP Photo

Turkey will provide the U.N. Security Council and fellow members of the NATO military alliance with details of the circumstances of its shooting down on Monday of a Syrian helicopter, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said.

Turkish warplanes shot down the Syrian Mi-17 helicopter after it violated Turkish airspace following repeated warnings, Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç said earlier.