UK ready to call UN meeting on downing of Russian jet
Date
11/25/2015 4:51:35 AM
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) The U.K. is prepared to call a UN Security Council meeting regarding the downing of a Russian jet after it violated Turkish airspace Britain's UN envoy said Tuesday.
"As president of the Security Council we stand ready to call a meeting on this issue but so far no country expressed that wish" Matthew Rycroft told reporters following a council meeting on Sudan.
The incident demands all parties to redouble efforts to find a solution to the Syrian conflict now in its fifth year said Rycroft.
"In the meantime we need to make sure that there are proper de-confliction measures in place to prevent accidents and incidents like this from happening again" he added.
A Russian SU-24 warplane was shot down while in Turkish airspace earlier Tuesday after repeatedly ignoring warnings that it was breaching the territory.
Russian jets previously violated Turkish airspace twice in October. The incidents occurred within a few days of the start of Russia’s air campaign in Syria on Sept. 30 and led to international condemnation.
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