Turkey likely to raise jet attack at Geneva meeting on Syria
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu is likely to raise the issue of
the downing by Syria of one of Turkey's military jets in the
Mediterranean Sea, during a weekend meeting of major world
powers and regional countries in Geneva, according to sources
close to the matter.  Turkey has already notified the UN
Security Council of the incident and called for NATO talks under
Article 4 of the alliance's charter. It also said any Syrian
military move on the border will be considered a direct threat.
The UN-Arab League joint envoy for Syria, Kofi Annan, has
invited the five permanent members of the UN Security Council --
the US, Russia, China, Britain and France -- as well as Turkey,
the European Union, Iraq, Kuwait and Qatar to the ministerial
talks on Saturday to discuss political transition in Syria.  The
meeting is expected to focus on a proposal by Annan on political
transition. The proposal's content is not fully known, but
Russia said it would not endo