Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Russian, Turkish foreign ministers "could meet in Belgrade"


Turkish and Russian foreign minister "could meet next week in Belgrade," Beta is reporting, quoting foreign news agencies.
Source: Beta
The Russian bomber is seen before crashing in Syria on Tuesday (Beta/AP, image made from Haberturk TV video)
The Russian bomber is seen before crashing in Syria on Tuesday (Beta/AP, image made from Haberturk TV video)
The meeting between Melvut Cavusoglu and Sergei Lavrov would come in the wake of Turkey's shooting down of a Russian warplane on the Turkish-Russian border, said the report.
The two ministers are expected to meet "on December 3 or 4, during the OSCE ministerial conference in Belgrade."

Lavrov on Tuesday canceled his trip to Turkey that was scheduled to take place today. On Wednesday, he said his country viewed the downing of the bomber as "possibly a planned act" and that while Moscow "did not want to go to war" its relations with Ankara would be "seriously reconsidered."

Earlier in the day, Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu said that Russia was his country's "friend and neighbor" and that relations "must not be sacrificed due to a mishap in communications."

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