Without naming the United States, he accused Washington and its allies of turning Iraq, Syria and Libya into a “zone of chaos and anarchy threatening the entire world” by supporting change of regimes in those countries. Our goal is fighting terrorism.
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On Tuesday, US President Barack Obama said Turkey had made progress in sealing its border with Syria, but IS was still exploiting gaps to bring in foreign fighters and sell oil.
Davutoglu also renewed an accusation that Russian operations in Syria were hampering efforts to clear Turkey’s border of IS militants.
“It seems as if Allah made a decision to punish the ruling clique, taking away their brains”.
Turkey said it shot down the plane after it violated its airspace for 17 seconds despite repeated warnings, while Russian Federation has insisted that the aircraft stayed in Syria’s airspace.
Currently, there were no signs of any rapid recuperation of the ties between the two countries.
Moscow deployed long-range air defense missile systems to its base in Syria 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of the border with Turkey and slammed an array of economic sanctions on Turkey, including a ban on imports of fruit and vegetables and the sales of tour packages.
Minutes after Putin had finished speaking, his energy minister, Alexander Novak, said Russian Federation was halting talks with Ankara on the Turkish Stream gas pipeline, a symbolic move created to emphasize the strength of Kremlin anger.
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“Our assessment is that there is not a lot of smuggling happening of any significant volume between ISIL controlled territories and Turkey”, the official said.
Lavrov said he “heard nothing new” from Cavusoglu.
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The officials did not specify what direct evidence they had of the involvement of Erdogan and his family, an allegation that Erdogan has vehemently denied. “No one has a right to engage in slander against Turkey by saying that Turkey is buying oil from Daesh (IS)”, he said while on a visit to Qatar. “Let me say it. George Haswani, holder of a Russian passport and a Syrian national, is one of the biggest merchants in this business”, Erdogan said.
