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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Sunday, January 31, 2016
Turkey calls in Russian ambassador over airspace violation
Foreign ministry 'strongly protests' reported violation of Turkish airspace by Russian Su-34, calling it 'irresponsible behaviour'
Turkey said an Su-34 violated its airspace on Friday (AFP)
Foreign ministry 'strongly protests' reported violation of Turkish airspace by Russian Su-34, calling it 'irresponsible behaviour'
Turkey said an Su-34 violated its airspace on Friday (AFP)
Turkey on Saturday accused Russia of a new violation of its airspace, warning Moscow against "irresponsible behaviour".
"A Su-34 plane belonging to the Russian Federation air force violated
Turkish airspace at 11.46am local time yesterday [Friday]," the foreign
ministry said in a statement.
Ankara summoned the Russian ambassador to the foreign ministry on Friday
to "strongly protest and condemn" the violation, the ministry added.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Russia would "face
consequences if it keeps on such violations against Turkey's sovereignty
rights".
"Such irresponsible steps do not benefit either the Russian Federation, or Russia-NAto relations, or regional and global peace."
Nato head Jens Stoltenberg said Russian forces operating in Syria must "fully respect" alliance airspace.
"Russia must take all necessary measures to ensure that such violations do not happen again," he said.
The Turkish
allegation comes just over two months after Turkey shot down a Russian
warplane on the Syrian border on November 24, saying it had violated
Turkish airspace.
Moscow and Ankara are currently experiencing their worst relations since the end of the Cold War.
In addition to the 24 November incident, which sparked a bitter
diplomatic row, the two countries back opposing sides in Syria's almost
five-year civil war.
Russia is the key supporter of the Damascus government while Turkey
argues that President Bashar al-Assad must be removed to solve the
crisis.