On Thursday, Erdogan said in an interview with France24 that he had tried to call Putin after the incident, but could not reach him.
“Yes, that was somewhere between seven or eight hours after the incident and no earlier,” Peskov told journalists.
Turkish fighter jets on Tuesday shot down a Russian Su-24 bomber, which was taking part in Russia`s anti-terror campaign in Syria.
Russian President Vladimir Putin described the incident as a "stab in the back, carried out against us by accomplices of terrorists."
Ankara claims it downed the Russian plane because it violated Turkish airspace. Contrary to Turkey’s allegations, the Russian General Staff and the Syrian Air Defense Command confirmed that the Su-24 never crossed into Turkish airspace, citing precise objective control data.
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