Turkish president say no wish to raise tension

  25 November 2015    Read: 1138
Turkish president say no wish to raise tension
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country does not wish to escalate tensions with Russia over the downing of the plane.
Speaking at an Organization of Islamic Cooperation economy meeting in Istanbul, Erdogan said Wednesday that Turkey favors "peace, dialogue and diplomacy."

Erdogan however defended his country`s move to shoot down the plane saying "no one should expect Turkey to stay silent to border violations or the violation of its rights."

Turkey said the Russian warplane was shot down on Tuesday after it ignored repeated warnings and crossed into its airspace from Syria.

Russian President Vladimir Putin denounced what he called a "stab in the back" and warned of "significant consequences."

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