Erdogan still hopes to meet with Putin in Paris – RIA Novosti

ANKARA, November 30 – RIA Novosti, Alan Palazhchenko. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that waiting for a response from the Russian side in response to the request for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, informs television channel NTV.

“We are still in the first day made a request for negotiations. Now waiting for an answer”, – said Erdogan reporters in Paris, where he arrived to attend the climate summit.

Earlier, Erdogan said that he had sent a request to the Russian side for a meeting in Paris with Russian President Vladimir Putin to resolve the crisis in Russian-Turkish relations after the incident with the Su-24.

President’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said Monday that it was a meeting between Putin and Erdogan on the sidelines of the conference in Paris is not. According to him, “this meeting will not be until the schedule does not appear any contact”.

The Russian Su-24 was shot down a Turkish F-16s over the Syrian territory and fell four kilometers from the border with Turkey . Russian President Vladimir Putin called it a “stab in the back by the accomplices of the terrorists.” Russian General Staff, said that the bomber border crossing with Turkey, it is confirmed by the data of the Syrian air defense, as well as the findings of the Pentagon. Turkey argues that the Russian aircraft entered its airspace. The pilot of the Su-24 Oleg Peshkov was shot during ejection from the ground by militants in the territory, which is controlled by the Syrian Turkmen. Saved navigator Konstantin Murahtin told reporters that the car did not cross the border, preventing the crew from Turkish fighter Su-24 has not received.