“If the Russian Federation also guarantees that there will not be any airspace violations, a similar incident will not happen again,” Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tanju Bilgiç told reporters on Dec. 16 while commenting on recent remarks by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Meshkov.
Earlier on Dec. 16, Meshkov said Turkey should guarantee that a similar incident will not happen in future and added that Turkey should compensate Russia for shooting down a Russian military plane near the Turkish-Syrian border last month.
Bilgiç ruled out compensation to Russia as well as the other two conditions set by Moscow, saying, “The Russian airplane was shot down because it violated our airspace. Meeting of the Russian side’s demands is not possible.”
Relations between Turkey and Russia deteriorated after Turkish fighter jets shot down a Russian Su-24 over the border with Syria on Nov.26.
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