Turkish FM cuts short China trip over developments on border with Syria

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Tuesday cut short his trip to China and will return home to tackle fresh developments on the Turkish-Syrian border, semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.

Davutoglu was accompanying Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan in an official visit to China.

The foreign minister reportedly informed on phone British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs William Jeffeson Hague of the latest developments on the Turkish-Syrian border.

Davutoglu is expected to hold a phone conversation with French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe later on Tuesday, according to the report.