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"We did not hold a meeting with the Turkish president," Putin

30 November 2015 19:58 (UTC +04:00)

"We did not hold a meeting with the Turkish president," Putin told journalists on Monday, APA's Moscow bureau reports.

The Russian president also noted that he raised the theme of SU-24 downed by Turkey at his meetings with foreign leaders in Paris. "As for the downed Russian jet, of course I raised that theme at all the bilateral meetings which I had. All the colleagues listened very attentively and most of them at least share the opinion that there had been no need to attack the unprotected Russian bomber, which was of no threat to Turkey," Putin told journalists.

Answering a question on whether Moscow wants to form a broad anti-terrorist coalition, Putin said: "We always supported this." "However, this cannot be done while someone continues to use several terrorist organizations to reach their immediate goals," he added.