Turkey- Serbian politician's remark 'unfortunate'
Date
12/31/2015 1:20:33 AM
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic’s claims that Turkey attempted to start a war betweenNATOandRussiawith the Nov. 24 downing ofRussianwarplane near the Syrian border are “unfortunate” Turkish Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Tanju Bilgiç has said.
“The statement has nothing to do with the truth” Bilgiç told reporters on Dec. 30 at a press conference.
Bilgiç said Turkish leaders clearly noted Turkey’s views on the downing of theRussianplane. “Every state has the right to expect respect for its sovereignty” he added.
“Turkey acts responsibly in international relations since it’s a country in a region in crisis” Bilgiç said.
Speaking toRussianRIA Novosti news agency Nikolic said the downing of theRussianwarplane was an attempt to bringNATOandRussiainto conflict with each other in Syria.
“It was an attempt to involve the two powerful forces in one big military conflict in Syria” Nikolic said.
He also said Turkish warplanes had violatedGreekairspace many times but thatGreecedid not down them highlighting that such responses have serious consequences as Turkey should have known.
Nikolic’s remarks came after Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutolu’s visit to Serbia on Dec. 29.
His office said Davutolu had voiced the country’s desire for the normalization of relations with Moscow during the meeting.
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