Turkey not apologizing for downed Russian Su-24: Erdogan spokesman

Turkey not apologizing for downed Russian Su-24: Erdogan spokesman

PanARMENIAN.Net - Spokesman for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Ibrahim Kalin ruled out the possibility for Ankara to apologize over the downed Russian Su-24 bomber, Interfax reports.

In a TV broadcast on Haberturk, Kalin said that authorities "are saddened by what occurred, but aren’t going to compensate or apologize for the incident."

The official said that no one benefits from the current relations between Moscow and Ankara. According to Kalin, Turkey's tourism sector has been suffering lately.

The chill in relations between the two countries followed Turkey’s downing a Russian bomber in Syria that was on its way back from an anti-terrorist mission on November 24.

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