Turkish television pictures showed the jet exploding and crashing in a ball of flames into a Syrian mountain.
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“To have a strong military, as we proved, we have to have a strong economy”, Perdue said.
“This was a serious incident and we don’t want it to derail progress made in building a common front against Islamic State”, said the diplomat, who asked not to be named.
Stoltenberg said that his organization urges Ankara and Moscow to talk over the incident and make sure similar situation won’t happen again.
A warplane of “unknown nationality” crashed Tuesday on the Syrian side of the Turkish-Syrian border, according to Turkey’s semi-official Anadolu Agency. Haberturk TV with reference to the data of General Staff of the Armed Forces of Turkey that shot down remote-piloted vehicle was identified as Russian-manufactured “Orlan-10”,.
Turkish officials said two Russian planes approached the Turkish border and were warned before one of them was shot down, adding their information shows Turkish airspace was repeatedly violated.
Jahed Ahmad, of the 10th Brigade in the Coast, said the crew members tried to land with their parachutes in Syrian government-held areas after they ejected, but came under fire from members of his group.
“We have gotten reports from Turkey about what transpired here and that this aircraft did violate their airspace, and we are taking this into account”, Cook said.
In March, 2014 Turkey shot down a Syrian fighter jet after the warplane strayed into its airspace, according to then-Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “And they violated it knowingly”.
“Russia noticed of the flow of oil from Syrian territory under the control of terrorists to Turkey. Plane two was sacked at while in Turkish airspace by Turkish F-16s performing air combat patrolling in that area”, the leaked letter said.
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation has called an emergency meeting over the incident, the first of its kind since Russian Federation launched air strikes in Syria in September, to the consternation of the West.
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He said that Russia’s Moskva guided missile cruiser would be stationed near Latakia.
