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Ankara Insists Moscow Violated Airspace

By Editor
31 January 2016   |   12:02 am
Turkey says a Russian jet has violated its airspace and it has summoned the Russian ambassador to Ankara. The foreign ministry said a Russian SU-34 jet violated Turkish airspace on Friday despite warnings in both Russian and English. Tensions have been high between Ankara and Moscow since Turkey shot down a Russian plane which violated…

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Turkey says a Russian jet has violated its airspace and it has summoned the Russian ambassador to Ankara.

The foreign ministry said a Russian SU-34 jet violated Turkish airspace on Friday despite warnings in both Russian and English.

Tensions have been high between Ankara and Moscow since Turkey shot down a Russian plane which violated its airspace near Syria in November.

The two have traded barbs and introduced retaliatory measures.

“A Su-34 plane belonging to the Russian Federation air force violated Turkish airspace at 11:46 local time yesterday (Friday),” the foreign ministry said.

Its statement went on to say that the Russian ambassador had been summoned to the foreign ministry to “strongly protest and condemn” the violation.

Last September Russia began air strikes in Syria against forces fighting troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Turkey is a vocal opponent of President Assad.

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