Erdogan reaffirmed that he would resign if the allegations were proven to be true and appeared to suggest that Russian President Vladimir Putin should also consider his position. Allah knows why they did it. God is punishing the ruling elite of Turkey by taking away their sanity.
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Moscow’s Ministry of Defence released satellite images which they claimed show columns of tanker trucks loading with oil at an installation controlled by Isis in Syria, before crossing the border back into Turkey.
He said Turkey had made progress in sealing its border with Syria but ISIS was still exploiting gaps to bring in foreign fighters and sell oil: “We have to choke off how they make money”.
The Kremlin dismissed these claims as “rubbish” and insists the aircraft had stayed in Syrian airspace, from where it is carrying out airstrikes.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called Thursday for “one powerful fist” to fight terrorism, hinted at more sanctions against Turkey and accused Western powers of creating “a zone of chaos”. “They should know that we do not equate them and part of the current Turkish leadership, which holds a direct responsibility for the deaths of our troops in Syria”, Putin said. “And most importantly, it is not planning to stop them”, he said.
With the war of words between the two nations escalating since the downing of the Russian jet by Turkey. “It is for Russian Federation and Turkey to come to terms”.
Antonov, meanwhile, said that IS militants make $2 billion a year from the illegal oil trade, and he squarely put the personal blame on Erdogan.
Moscow claimed it had not, and Mr Putin has also accused Turkey of profiting from smuggling ISIS oil through the country, which Recep Erdogan said was “slander”.
Nine days after the incident, Moscow and Ankara still have starkly different versions of what happened, and Putin is furious Erdogan has not apologized for the episode, something the Turkish leader has said he will not do. Russia denied the charge.In the attack, a Russian pilot onboard the jet was killed. When we warned, they said ‘the pilots don’t speak English well and there is a misunderstanding.’ The same problems were also faced in the first violation in Syria …
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov agreed to talks with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu on the sidelines of a conference in Belgrade after Putin on Monday snubbed Erdogan at the United Nations climate summit in Paris.
Both ISIL and the PKK are recognised as terrorist groups by Turkey, as well as US, EU and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
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Russian Federation has halted the sale of holiday tours to Turkey – a key tourist destination – and is set to ban the import of Turkish fruit and vegetables, as well as threatening other measures.
