A decree signed by President Vladimir Putin covers imports from Turkey, the work of Turkish companies in Russia and any Turkish nationals working for Russian companies.
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“Striking opposition that is acknowledged as legitimate by the worldwide community, with the pretense of striking ISIS, is playing with fire”, said Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish President. “We wish it hadn’t happened as such, but unfortunately such a thing has happened”. “That’s all I can say”.
“If the Russian side wants to talk, we are ready; if they want more information, we are ready; if they want to normalise relations, we are ready to talk”, he said.
Russia has chose to unilaterally suspend its visa exemption for Turkish citizens starting from January 1, 2016, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday.
Also on Friday, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said Ankara had crossed the line by shooting down the plane and warned the incident could severely undermine Turkey’s interests. It said Turks should delay travel plans until “the situation becomes clear”.
President Vladimir Putin warned of “serious consequences” over the downed Sukhoi Su-24, which Turkey claims ignored 10 warnings to keep out of its airspace at the Syrian border.
Russian Federation is preparing a broad swath of economic sanctions against Turkey and has restricted tourist travel into the nation in response to the plane’s downing.
Moscow maintains that its SU-24 fighter jet was downed by a missile fired from a Turkish jet inside Syria.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the G20 Summit in Antalya, Turkey, on November 16, 2015.
He said the conversation took place during their meeting at the G-20 summit in Antalya, with Mr Putin urging Turkey to accept the Russian planes “as guests”.
But he also insisted relations with Russian Federation should not “suffer harm”.
There was “no doubt” that oil from “terrorist-controlled” territory in Syria was being delivered to Turkey, Putin said.
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The frayed relations could also impact two major planned projects – a TurkStream gas pipeline and the Akkuyu nuclear power plant – between the two countries.
