“Only Allah knows why they did it, and I guess Allah made a decision to punish the ruling clique in Turkey by stripping it of its sanity”, Putin said about the downing of the jet in an hour-long address to Russian lawmakers and other public figures.
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Davutoglu said a rejection of Russia’s claims by the United States was further evidence that Moscow was peddling a fabricated narrative.
Davutoglu insisted Turkey did not know the nationality of the plane it downed inside Turkish air space.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu dismissed Russian allegations that Turkey was buying oil from ISIS as “Soviet-style propaganda” on Thursday and said the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation member was doing all it could to secure its border with Syria.
The Russian president did not mince his words, spurting attack after attack, lambasting Turkey with provocative statements.
Russian Federation would like to be part of the alliance, but on terms that will allow it to retain its military and economic interests in Syria and a major say in any political resolution of the four-year civil war there.
“We have always deemed betrayal the worst and most shameful thing to do, and that will never change”.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier accused Russian Federation of being involved in oil trade with the militant organization. Firstly they would believe them and then expect the world to believe them.
One was killed while parachuting to the ground – in circumstances yet to be fully explained – while a second was rescued by Russian and Syrian forces from the Syrian side of the border. The audience included the widows of the pilot and of another serviceman killed in the episode.
“We expressed our sadness and expressed our condolences for the Russian pilot who lost his life”, Cavusoglu said after meeting Lavrov in the Serbian capital.
In Belgrade, no change emerged from the 40-minute meeting between the Russian and Turkish foreign ministers, the first high-level talks in person between the two countries since the downing of the warplane. “The Turkish minister confirmed the positions which they have already voiced”, he said.
Turkey would have cause to regret its actions “more than once”, he said.
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Negotiations over the project to pipe Russian gas to Turkey under the Black Sea have been floundering since Moscow launched air strikes in Syria in late September in support of the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, which Ankara fiercely opposes.
