A Turkish military admiral, who was reported to have sought asylum in the U.S. where he was stationed for a NATO assignment, was found to have attended a NATO meeting on July 26, days after he disappeared on July 22.

According to the report of Turkish daily Hürriyet, Turkish Navy Rear Admiral Mustafa Uğurlu, who was reported to have sought asylum from the U.S. and went into hiding by Anadolu and Reuters news agencies based on American and Turkish officials, attended to a NATO meeting on July 26.

The report showed a NATO press release as proof of Uğurlu attending the meeting.According to the article penned by U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist Abraham Essenmacher and released by the NATO Allied Command Transformationtarget="_blank"'>