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By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Jonathan Spicer ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan welcomed statements on Monday by several Western embassies including the United States that they abide by a diplomatic convention not to interfere in a host country’s internal affairs, state-run media said. The statements were made almost simultaneously on Twitter as Erdogan entered a Cabinet meeting to discuss expelling ambassadors from 10 embassies, a move that would open Turkey’s deepest diplomatic rift with the West in his 19 years in power. The statements were seen to cool tensions after Erdogan said …