“But we’ll not let anyone dictate us”, he told his parliamentary group meeting.
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Referring to the shooting down of a Russian military jet on its southern border last month, he added: “It should not be forgotten that this saddening incident bears the risk of having lasting consequences and damaging relations between our nations”.
A UN Security Council diplomat says Russian Federation plans to raise Turkey’s military action in Syria and Iraq at a closed meeting of the council on Tuesday.
Ankara says its troops are in Iraq to train Iraqi forces.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu slammed Russia on Sunday after the picture emerged, calling it a “provocation” by Russian forces.
“He (Cavusoglu) said that our activities aimed to contribute to the struggle against Daesh (Islamic State) in Iraq and reiterated that the deployment had stopped”, Bilgic said.
While attention was focused on the dispute with Baghdad, Davutoglu made clear that the sharp deterioration in ties with Russian Federation remained high on the agenda, with Turkey’s cabinet discussing possible measures against Moscow on Monday.
But since Turkey shot the plane down, Moscow has introduced economic sanctions including a ban on Turkish foods and other products worth as much as $1 billion.NTV said three North Atlantic Treaty Organisation frigates with Canadian, Spanish and Portuguese flags had been moored in Istanbul as the Caesar Kunikov passed through.
The State Department has dismissed Moscow’s charge against its North Atlantic Treaty Organisation ally, which directly implicated President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his family in the trade, insisting there is no evidence to support it. “I don’t believe that there is significant smuggling, between ISIL-controlled areas and Turkey of oil in any significance in volume”, Hochstein said Friday, using an alternative name for IS.
“Any disruption to this supply in 2016, which appears very unlikely at this stage, would harm Russia’s exports and GDP”, the bank said.
On Russian sanctions, he said: “If we find it necessary, we will introduce retaliatory sanctions”. Badran claims this is part of Russia’s plan.
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Turkey, a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation member state, is among the staunchest supporters of the Syrian opposition, whereas Russian Federation backs the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
