CHP leader: Putin's threats against Turkey unacceptable
Date
12/18/2015 12:20:55 PM
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) Turkey does not tolerateRussianPresident Vladimir Putin’s “unacceptable” threats the country’s main opposition leader has said while also criticizing PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdoanand Prime MinisterAhmet Davutolufor not appropriately managing the crisis betweenAnkaraand Moscow after Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) shot down aRussianfighter jet last month on its Syrian border.
“I never approve the use of such harsh comments by a head of a state against a neighboring country” Kemal Klçdarolu the leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) said late Dec. 17.
While the two countries had developed their bilateral relations in recent years today’s picture is not right Klçdarolu said in an interview with Habertürk.
Earlier in the day Putin subjected Turkey to a furious tirade using barrack-room language to wonder aloud whether it had shot down theRussianwarplane to curry favor with the United States.
Addressing almost 1400 reporters in a cavernous hall inside a Moscow conference center theRussianpresident dedicated a chunk of his annual news conference to spelling out why he saw no prospect of a rapprochement with Ankara.
“The two countries should be able to behave more calmly but we never approve of Putin’s escalation of the matter and we don’t accept it either. A hostile attitude towards Turkey is definitely not right” Klçdarolu said.
Dubbing the situation “a deep crisis” theCHPleader said President Erdoan should not speak about this issue and instead Prime Minister Davutolu should be the one to make statements.
“Mr. President could have played a key role in resolving the problem” he said. Instead the opposite happened as the president did not respond to the issue with a conciliatory tone he added.
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