“We have seen the Russian statement”, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters in Rome, where he had been following an worldwide conference on Libya.
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Relations remain tense between the two countries since Turkey’s shooting down of a Russian warplane.
Earlier this week, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said it considered Ankara’s dispatch of its forces “illegal” and “a very serious factor of tensions”, emphasizing that “the forces arrived there without the approval of the Iraqi government”. “We didn’t realise we had been fired at”, Muzaffer Gecici said.
“Rear Admiral Ahmet Gunes promised to immediately inform Ankara about the Russian representation”, the spokesman said.
Speaking earlier this month, U.S. State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau appeared to take Turkey’s side in the dispute, saying that the information available indicated the plane was in Turkish airspace when it was downed. Russian Federation denied the claims of airspace violation and said the jet was in Syrian airspace the entire time.
Turkey and Russia have been having hostilities since Turkey shot down a Russian war jet, killing one of the pilots last month.
After the incident, Russian Federation established a sanctions package that included banning some Turkish food imports.
So when the two was 600 meters away, the destroyer fired and the Turkish vessel quickly changed course, passing within 540 meters.
“Particularly, our deep concerns about more Turkish provocations towards the Russian destroyer Smetlivy were expressed”.
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“Despite numerous attempts by the crew of the Smetlivy, the crew of the Turkish fishing boat did not make radio contact and did not respond to visual signals by semaphore or warning flares”, the statement said.
