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The Ministry of Defence of Turkey appealed to their Russian colleagues with a proposal to establish a joint group to prevent possible incidents, a spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov.
He According to this proposal was made during the last day of the meeting on Tuesday, the Russian military attache at the embassy in Istanbul with representatives of the Defense Ministry of Turkey. The Turkish military “offered to study the issue of creation of a joint working group of the Ministry of Defense of Russia and Turkey for the coordination of actions and to prevent possible incidents associated with the performance of Russian air group of combat missions to destroy the group” Islamic State “in Syria,” said the representative of the Russian Defence Ministry.
Turkey over the past two days, twice accused Russian aircraft of violating its airspace. Violations, according to Ankara, there were 3 and 4 October. October 5th Russian ambassador received a protest note.
Earlier Tuesday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Russia will lose much if her friendship with Turkey will cease. Erdogan said this against the backdrop of incidents of violations of Turkish airspace by Russian aircraft.
«Attack on Turkey would mean an attack on NATO. We know that we have good relations with Russia. But if Russia will lose a friend like Turkey, with whom she is working on a number of issues, she lost a lot, “- said Erdogan.
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