Turkey’s president said earlier if it had known the plane was Russian “maybe we would have warned it differently”.
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According to the Voice of America (VoA), in an interview with CNN, Erdogan said his country would not apologize for downing the jet, which violated Turkish air space for 17 seconds.
“The request has also been transmitted to the president”, Peskov said without clarifying whether the meeting would take place.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said in televised remarks that Russia has not received any apology from Turkish leaders over the incident, or any proposals to compensate Moscow.
The package of measures bans the import of some goods from Turkey, prohibits employers from hiring Turkish nationals beginning next year, and suspends visa-free travel for Turkish citizens, the Interfax news agency reported.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday sought to ease tensions with Moscow, calling for unity against the Islamic State group and arguing the shooting of the plane was not an act against Russian Federation.
“We today agreed to intensify our joint work on the anti-terrorist track, to improve the exchange of information in the fight with terrorism, establish constructive work between our military specialists”, Putin said.
It was the first expression of regret since the incident on 24 November, in which Turkish F-16s shot down the Russian Su-24 jet on the grounds that it had violated Turkey’s airspace, despite repeated warnings. Tuesday’s downing of a Sukhoi 24 jet on the border with Syria on Tuesday has caused a crisis in bilateral relations. As Russia is important for Turkey, Turkey is important for Russia. He said the plane was easily identifiable and its coordinates had been passed on to Turkey’s ally, the US.
Mr Putin, who has branded the incident a “stab in the back”, has yet to agree to talks.
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Turkey, which is a member of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and of a US-led coalition in the region, insists Mr Assad must step down before any political solution to the Syrian conflict is found. Ankara said it will in turn expel more than 9,000 Russians in Turkey in the coming weeks.
