The Turkish Foreign Ministry called on the Turkish nationals Nov.28 to refrain from visiting Russia until the crisis in the Moscow-Ankara relations is resolved, the website of the ministry said.
“Regarding the situation in the relations between Russia and Turkey, our citizens who are making trips to Russia or live there have had certain difficulties since November 24,” the ministry said in statement. “In order to resolve this situation it seems fitting that our citizens postpone their trips to Russia which do not have urgent reasons.”
Turkish-Russian relations have soured dramatically after the downing of a Russian Su-24 jet by Turkey in
Syria Nov.24.
Russian President
Vladimir Putin said that the plane was downed by an air-to-air missile launched by a Turkish F-16 jet over Syrian territory. Ankara claimed that it downed the Russian airplane because it violated Turkish airspace. The Russian General Staff and the Syrian Air Defense Command have refuted the claims.
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