The Western powers have come together in condemnation for the shooting down of the Turkish fighter shot down last week in Syrian territorial waters.

The powers are pledging to hold Syria accountable for their actions. Condemnation came from all of the 27 European Union countries as well.

Giulio Terzi, Italian Foreign minister said that Rome is going to play an active role on Tuesday when NATO will meet to discuss a response to the shoot-down. Turkey requested the meeting under the alliance’s founding treaty. That treaty commits NATO’s members to protecting the borders of other NATO members. Article four states that countries “will consult together whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity, political independence or security of any of the parties is threatened.”

Britain weighed in on the subject as well, British Foreign Secretary William Hague says his country is ready to purse “robust” action by the organization against Syria.

In the United States, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the downing of the aircraft a “brazen act.” She says that Syria’s actions show Syria’s “callous disregard for international norms, human life, peace and security.”

Turkish Foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu says, “The plane was not on a covert operation – it was on training mission to test radar, and the plane was unarmed.”

On Friday, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogen stated that Syria had apologised for the shooting down of the U.S. made F-4 Phantom. While reports coming out of Turkey on Friday seemed to confirm that the pilots were recovered and safe, today it is reported that the pilots are still lost and are feared dead. The is no explanation for the conflicting reports.

The fighter itself was reported found this morning however. Turkish state TV says that the fighter was found in International waters at a depth of about 550 fathoms, or 3,300 feet.

While Syrian officials say that the plane was shot down because it was too close to its coast, Turkish officials say that the jets strayed momentarily into Syrian airspace while its pilots were on an unarmed training mission.

Turkey has also announced today that a large number of refugees from across the border with Syria defected last night. They claim as many as 224 people crossed. They also announced that 33 military personnel from Syria, mostly officers, crossed the border with their families.

Nothing is expected to come from tomorrows meeting over the shoot-down. European leaders are not eager for a conflict, the United States has tired of military action on the continent after 12 years of fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq.

As many as 14,000 people have been killed thus far in the Syrian up-rising that is now in its 15th month.