Putin Says still No 'Apologies' from Turkey over Downed Warplane
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President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia had not received any apology from Turkish leaders over the downing of a warplane, nor any proposals to compensate Moscow.
"We still have not heard any articulate apologies from Turkey's highest political level nor any proposals to compensate for the harm and damage, nor promises to punish criminals responsible for their crimes," Putin said at the Kremlin in televised remarks.
"We believe treacherous stabs in the back from those who we considered partners and allies in the anti-terror fight to be absolutely inexplicable," Putin said.
Putin, who spoke ahead of talks with French President Francois Hollande, reiterated his call for the creation of a broad coalition to fight the Islamic State group which controls large parts of Syria and Iraq.
"We will continue our attempts to reach agreement with all the partners," he said.
The Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu responded to calls for an apology by saying: "We don't need to apologize on an occasion that we are right."
Turkey insists its forces repeatedly warned the Russian jet on Tuesday, an assertion backed up by the United States.
Some observers believe Ankara shot down the jet out of anger over Moscow's strikes against ethnic Turkmen in Syria, a minority it views as an ally in its struggle against Bashar Assad's regime.
Moscow claims the plane never crossed over the border from Syria, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has branded the incident a "planned provocation."
Turkey's military said it did not know the warplane was Russian and that it was ready for "all kinds of cooperation" in an apparent bid to defuse tensions.
The raging tensions have threatened to derail French President Francois Hollande's marathon effort to try to cobble together a broad anti-IS coalition that would include global and regional players.
After jihadists killed 130 people in Paris this month in attacks claimed by the IS group, the French leader traveled to Washington for talks with U.S. President Barack Obama and then met German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Paris.
Few expect the Kremlin talks to produce a breakthrough, however.
Experts say it is hard to imagine Russia and Turkey in the same anti-IS coalition given their stark differences on the Syrian conflict and the new tensions over the Russian jet.
26 November 2015, 13:33
1312
You should apologize to the Turkish people for invading their airspace and shelling their villages.
26 November 2015, 16:37
109
southern, remember using insults is not your "line";)
".Southern_.
insults are only can be argued with insults, but this is not my line!"
27 November 2015, 06:56
03
From promising "dangerous and serious consequences" to begging for an apology .... the paper tiger is toothless.
27 November 2015, 07:00
03
الطبيعة «الأولى» للبلطجي انه لا يفهم إلا لغة القوة، ولا يحترم إلا ما يوازيه كفاءة.. وعند هاتين الحالتين، (وعندهما فقط) ينتبه الى مكرمة التواضع ويتذكر فضائل الأخلاق الحميدة.. ويذهب الى مطالبة خصمه أو عدوه بـ«الاعتذار»! علماً، انه حتى هذا «الاعتذار» ليس وارداً لأن تركيا بكل وضوح تعتبر انها لم ترتكب أي خطأ، بل ستكرر ما فعلته كلما حاولت «السوخوي» تخطي حدودها!
26 November 2015, 14:03
910
I just want an apology right now but will retaliate at time and place of my choosing. Learned this from my friend Assad.
26 November 2015, 14:35
1010
Southern you are hallucinating!! Turkey gets a lot of oil from the Kurdish semi independent state of Irbil. An oil pipeline connects Irbil to Turkey's port and exported to Israel. Turkey gets royalties and reduced prices. Turkey does not need to buy oil from ISIS, Assad does.
26 November 2015, 17:43
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marcus you are embarrassing! Turkey is attacking the kurds inside and outside turkey! The kurds are the only fighting ground force against ISIS! I.E. turkey is attacking the only ground forces fighting ISIS! Turkey is pro Al Qaida (al Nusra) and ISIS! ISIS openly travels between turkish borders! Turkey has bitten off more than they can chew and S-400 missile defence systems are now being installed that can knock out any fighter(except US F22).... israel is even more upset as they now cannot even enter Lebanese airspace!!!! Maybe you can thank Turkey for this because now Israel is finally vonerable in Lebanese airspace!
26 November 2015, 18:27
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In your typical ignorant fashion you jump ahead of yourself. Israel gets almost two thirds of its oil from Kurdistan Iraq. Turkey gets around 8-15% of its oil supplies from the Kurds too.
Israel turns to Kurds for three-quarters of its oil supplies
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/150f00cc-472c-11e5-af2f-4d6e0e5eda22.html#axzz3scBcioaH
Read this statement in the link below:
"By the time the new pipeline from Kurdistan to the Turkish Mediterranean coast, replacing the old Saddam-era link, was ready, the region was effectively broke."
Exclusive: How Kurdistan bypassed Baghdad and sold oil on global markets
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/17/us-iraq-kurdistan-oil-idUSKCN0T61HH20151117#y1wZ5yCLrRo0LkzT.97
Majority of Israeli oil imported from Kurdistan
http://www.jpost.com/Business-and-Innovation/Israel-importing-77-percent-of-its-oil-from-Iraqi-Kurdistan-report-says-413056
27 November 2015, 10:51
01
ado
so you are saying Russia and Israel co-ordinate over Syria. Russia allows Israel to fly over Syria and bomb whenever they want whatever they like but bans Israel from flying over Lebanon. Are you sure you are smoking the right stuff? What a retard!
26 November 2015, 14:35
109
Before the end of this year, a no fly-safe zone will be established in northern Syria and Putin has to live with that.
