(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he will step down if Russian claims that Turkey buys oil from ISIS group are proved and has called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to do the same if they are not.
Erdogan made the pledge while talking to reporters at a climate change summit in Paris. "As soon as such a claim is proved, the nobility of our nation requires me to do this, he said. I will not remain in this post. But I am asking Putin, would you remain?" he said.
Erdogan was responding to claims from Moscow that Turkey helps fund ISIS through oil purchases, according to Anadolu Agency (AA). The claims were made in the wake of the shooting down of a Russian military jet over southern Turkey on November 24. It is obvious where we legally buy oil and natural gas from, Erdogan added.
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