Turkey violated Syria sovereignty by attacking Su-24 in its airspace
Turkey violated Syria sovereignty by attacking Su-24 in its airspace – Syrian FM
Published time: 25 Nov, 2015 11:54 Edited time: 25 Nov, 2015 11:58
Source: Turkey violated Syria sovereignty by attacking Su-24 in its airspace – Syrian FM — RT News
“This incident has shown the world that [Turkish President Recep] Erdogan and his government are helping terrorists in Syria,” Walid Muallem said after meeting Speaker of the Russian Parliament Sergey Naryshkin.
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25 November 2015
11:34 GMT
The downing of a Russian warplane by Turkey in Syria appears to be a preplanned provocation, the Russian foreign minister said. Ankara failed to communicate with Russia over the incident, he added.
Turkey’s foreign ministry, however, did not say if the Su-24 fell victim to a coordinated attack.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has received a phone call from his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, who expressed his condolences for the two pilots of the Su-24 downed by the Turkish Air Force.
The pilot of the Su-24 who was killed in the incident will be awarded a posthumous Hero of the Russian Federation award, the highest honorary title in Russia, Vladimir Putin said. The second pilot rescued by Russian and Syrian special forces will also receive a medal, Putin added.
After the incident with Su-24 bomber, Russia is doing the right thing by warning its people about the dangers of traveling to Turkey, Vladimir Putin said.
Putin says Turkey’s leaders are intentionally supporting Turkey’s Islamization.
“The problem is not in the tragedy we faced yesterday, the problem is much deeper. We observe – and not only we, the whole world sees it – that the current Turkish authorities are conducting domestic policy to support the Islamization of the country,” he said.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that everything must be done to avoid an escalation between Russia and Turkey.
Muallem expressed his condolences over the death of the Russian pilot and later a marine in the incident.
“We express our condolences over the actions of those terrorists, who Erdogan and his government support, who opened fire at the pilot as he was parachuting down. It was no less than a war crime,” he said.
“We are glad that the joint Russian-Syrian military operation resulted in a rescue of the second pilot,” he added.
Naryshkin said the attack on the Russian plane did not reflect what the Turkish people want from its leadership.
“We believe this act was treason by the Turkish leaders against their own people,” he said.
Turkey deliberately attacked the Russian warplane in revenge for the Russian antiterrorist campaign in Syria, according to the Syrian minister.
“The effort to destroy the forces of Islamic State [IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL] and other terrorist groups offended Turkey. That is why they aggressively violated Syria’s sovereignty and attacked the Su-24 in its airspace,” Muallem said.
He added that the results of the Russian campaign contrast the lack of progress demonstrated by the US-led coalition, including Turkey.
“In 18 months the US and its allies have conducted around 6,000 strikes against the terrorists, but they failed to undermine IS capabilities. On the contrary, they became stronger,” the Syrian diplomat said. “What the Russian [Air Force] do in Syria is a hundred times more than the actions of the US and its allies.”
Russia branded Turkey an accomplice of terrorism after the incident. Moscow believes Ankara wants to protect terrorist groups to continue the flow of cheap oil into the country, which profits some Turkish officials and the jihadists. While Moscow continues an effort to form a global coalition to fight against terrorism in the region, it believes the Turks won’t commit to it.
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