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Putin refuses contacts with Erdo?an as Turkey not ready to apologise: Kremlin aide
Russian President Vladimir Putin has refused to contact Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an because Ankara does not want to apologise for the downing of a Russian warplane, Yuri Ushakov, Putin's aide, said on Nov. 27.
"We see Turkey's unwillingness to simply apologise for the incident with the plane," Ushakov told reporters when asked why Putin has refused to talk with Erdo?an.
Erdogan asked to meet with Putin in Paris
Russia’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced today that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan requested a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Paris on November 30.
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Kremlin says Turkey's Erdo?an requests meeting with Putin in Paris
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has requested a meeting with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in Paris on Nov. 30, the Kremlin has said, although sources in Ankara stated no date has been set yet.
US knew flight path of plane downed by Turkey: Putin
President Vladimir Putin said on Nov. 26 that Russia had given prior information to the United States of the flight path of the plane downed by Turkey on the Syrian border.
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Putin does not respond to Erdogan’s calls
Tension between Russia and Turkey has escalated after Russian Foreign Ministry advised Russian citizens to leave Turkey and Kremlin threatened with economic retaliations.
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Hollande, Putin Meet to Discuss Broad Coalition against 'Common Enemy'
This month's deadly terror attacks in Paris and the downing of the Russian passenger plane in Egypt highlight the need for Moscow and Paris to join forces in the fight against terrorism, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.
Erdogan: “Vladimir, it was all a big misunderstanding. Please call me!”
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told France 24 television on Thursday that Turkey would have acted differently if it had known that the warplane its forces downed on the Syrian border was Russian. “If we had known if it was a Russian plane maybe we would have warned it differently,” said Erdogan.
Hollande courts Putin for ‘grand coalition’ against ISIS (vid)
French President Francois Hollande met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday as part of his ‘diplomatic marathon’ to create a ‘grand coalition’ to combat ISIS militants who control swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq.
Turkey's MHP backs AKP amid tensions with Russia
Turkey's Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) will not let the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) stand alone on the issue of sovereignty and border rights, MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli said in a Nov. 26 statement over increased tensions with Russia.
"Turkey should defend to the end its kin, borders and rights to immunity that it derives from statehood," Bahçeli said.
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