Turkey offers house to family of downed Russian jet’s pilotJuly 1, 2016 - 18:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Russia lifted its ban on travel to Turkey, and a Turkish city offered a home to the family of the Russian fighter pilot whose plane was shot down on Nov. 24, 2015, UPI reports. The pilot's family, however, has refused any kind of compensation from Turkey. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered an apology earlier this week to Russian President Vladimir Putin for Turkey's attack on a Russian fighter jet, shot down over the Turkey-Syria border. The pilot, Oleg Peshkov, survived the crash of the plane but was shot and killed by Turkmen militants. Although Erdogan denied apologizing in his message to Putin, only using words including "deep sorrow" and "regret" in a letter, Putin found it adequate to ease the strain on Moscow-Ankara relations. The Turkish resort city of Kemer, on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, offered a house to Peshkov's family. "I received a delegation led by Kemer's Mayor Mustafa Gul. The city's authorities said they would like to give a house as a gift to the family of the killed Russian pilot," said Alexander Tolstopyatenko, Russia's consul general in Antalya, Turkey. He added a decision whether to accept the offer has not been made, UPI says. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |