October 5, 2015

Turkey 'intercepts' Russian jet violating its air space

Source: AFP

Ankara (AFP) - Turkey said on Monday its F-16 jets had at the weekend intercepted a Russian fighter plane which violated Turkish air space near the Syrian border, forcing the aircraft to turn back.

Turkey summoned the Russian ambassador in Ankara to the foreign ministry and "strongly protested" the violation, the Turkish foreign ministry said in a statement.

It demanded that "any such violation not be repeated," otherwise Russia "will be responsible for any undesired incident that may occur."

The Russian jet infringed Turkish airspace at 12:08 pm (0908 GMT) on Saturday south of the Yayladagi region in Turkey's southern Hatay province, according to the foreign ministry.

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I thought there'd be trouble between Russia and Turkey, I just didn't think it would start so soon