Dmitry Peskov

Russian President Vladimir Putin has no plans on meeting Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of high-level climate talks in Paris (COP21) starting today, Putin's press secretary has said.

"A meeting with Erdogan is not in planning. Such a meeting has not been in question," Russian daily Vedomosti quotes Dmitry Peskov as telling reporters.

Russian President Vladimir Putin does not plan to meet his Turkish counterpart Erdo?an at a climate summit in Paris on Nov. 30, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

Peskov said Putin was likely to talk to U.S. President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the summit. 

Hürriyet's Sebati Karakurt photographs 'ghost town' Sinjar, recently freed of ISIL

The tension between Turkey and Russia after the downing of the Russian jet by Turkey is escalating with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan saying to Russia to stop playing with the fire.

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.

Western countries are ready to unite in a broader coalition with Russia to fight Islamic State extremists in Syria, the Kremlin has said.

"At the moment, unfortunately, our partners are not ready to work within the format of single coalition," Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, according to AFP.

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. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin once more lashed out at Turkish leadership after the downing of the Russian jet accusing Turkey of deliberately leading the relations of the two countries to a deadlock.

He also reiterated that Turkey has still not apologized for the downing of the Russian fighter adding that event was a stab in the back.

Turkey is deliberately attempting to bring relations between Moscow and Ankara to a standstill, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Nov. 26.

"It seems that the Turkish leadership is deliberately driving relations [between Russia and Turkey] into a dead end," Reuters reported Putin as saying at Kremlin ambassadorial credentials ceremony. 

The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia was still awaiting a reasonable answer from Ankara on why it downed a Russian fighter jet earlier this week, adding that it is not considering sanctions against Turkey or imposing a food imports embargo. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has said it is too early to speculate about what caused the crash of a Russian Su-24 at the Syrian-Turkish border, local media report.