WSJ evaluates meeting to be held by Davutoglu and Clinton

The Wall Street Journal daily evaluated the agenda of Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over the weekend, prior to the meeting to be held by the two leaders today. Stating that both Clinton and Davutoglu are "seeking to establish a 'Friends of Syria' contact group to channel aid to Syrian and support the democratic opposition," The Wall Street Journal wrote, "American and Turkish officials said they hoped that the United Nations and nongovernmental organizations such as the Red Cross and Red Crescent would be allowed access by Damascus to enter areas affected by the violence. But they acknowledged that Mr. Assad could deny such cooperation and that protecting Syrian citizens might prove impossible without an outside security force. Mr. Davutoglu stressed that he wasn't calling for military intervention, but he wouldn't rule out the potential need for North Atlantic Treaty Organization involvement if the humanitarian situation deteriorates further."