Turkey Says Russian Envoy Summoned over New Air Space Violation

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Turkey summoned the Russian ambassador to Ankara for a second time after a new violation of its air space by a Russian warplane close to the Syrian border, a Turkish foreign ministry official said on Tuesday.

"The Russian envoy was summoned for a second time yesterday (Monday) afternoon to strongly protest another violation of Turkish air space on Sunday," the official told Agence France Presse on condition of anonymity.

Turkey warned the Russian envoy that similar incidents should not happen again otherwise "Russia would be held responsible," the official said.

The violation on Sunday appears to have been the second in as many days after Turkey said its fighter jets intercepted a Russian warplane close to the Syrian border on Saturday, forcing it to turn back.

The Russian ambassador had also been summoned following Saturday's incident.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Monday warned that Ankara would activate military "rules of engagement" irrespective of who violates its airspace.

"Even if it is a flying bird it will be intercepted," Davutoglu said in an interview with Turkish television.

The Turkish military said on Monday that two Turkish F-16 jets were harassed by an unidentified MIG-29 aircraft on the Syrian border on Sunday.

"Two F-16 jets were harassed by a MIG-29 plane -- whose nationality could not be identified -- for a total of five minutes and 40 seconds," the army said in a statement.

It was not immediately clear if the incidents on Sunday referred to by the army and the foreign ministry were the same episode or separate.

Russian warplanes have been flying over Syrian territory since Wednesday, conducting air strikes on what Moscow says are targets belonging to Islamic State (IS) group jihadists and other "terrorist" groups in the country's northern and central provinces.

The West has accused Moscow of using the raids as cover to hit President Bashar al-Assad's moderate opponents.

Turkey and Russia remain on opposing sides of the Syrian conflict, with Moscow one of the few allies of Assad while Ankara says his ouster is the only way out of the current stalemate. 

Ankara and Moscow enjoy burgeoning trade ties and had until recent months appeared intent on building a strong strategic alliance.

After an emergency meeting on Monday, NATO called on Russia to "immediately cease its attacks on the Syrian opposition and civilians" and also warned against violating Turkey's airspace.

The military alliance said in a statement that the allies "note the extreme danger of such irresponsible behaviour."

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned Monday that a Russian "incursion" into the air space of Washington's NATO ally Turkey risked provoking a serious escalation.

"It is precisely the kind of thing that had Turkey responded under its rights could have resulted in a shoot-down," he said, at a public event in Chile.

Comments 14
Default-user-icon illegitimate & illiterate.southern (Guest) 06 October 2015, 12:30

you always say the right things and always get the most votes
Bravo

Missing peace 06 October 2015, 12:36

you should say that to the gvt of Lebanon to stop supporting the terrorist hezbollah each time israel violates lebanese airspace....

Missing peace 06 October 2015, 18:31

sure southern, we all know your double standards... but violating is violating once or many times... but we know laws aren't your cup of tea as you hezbi lovers spit on it each time it is not your own interests.....

Missing phillipo 09 October 2015, 07:53

People like "southern" should remember that in the late 1980's Lebanese and Israeli negotiators sat down and came to an initial agreement on a peace treaty between the countries. A treay that would have solved all the outstanding problems between the two countries.
What happened when the Lebanese took this agreement back home? The Syrian occupiers of Lebanon ordered them to tear it up.
Yet Israel is still to blame in the eyes of "southern" and his friends.

Default-user-icon assad fassad (Guest) 11 October 2015, 10:30

Southern forgot that syria was occupiying the shebaa part of south Lebanon in the 1960s and lost it to Israel in 1967, besides the fact that it never respected Lebanon's sovereignty.

Thumb _mowaten_ 06 October 2015, 14:57

it's been twice that the genocidal maniacs of ankara bother the ambassador with their summons, they better watch out before the bear gets annoyed and sends a slap their way.

Default-user-icon cityboy (Guest) 06 October 2015, 15:39

you know what is strange mowaten.... I was thinking the same thing exactly, the same!!!! The similarities between us are not just coincidences anymore. I mean we are both shiaa extremists who pretend to be secular and we both are members of the shia resistance, both paid to post, both are sectarian to the bone, both troll and make up accounts to insult people and then pretend we are against such practices.... I hope just because we are similar in all the above ways people don't think we are the same poster.

Thumb _mowaten_ 06 October 2015, 15:43

hahaha would love to see that

Thumb justin 06 October 2015, 15:56

...." 'm astonished by your sympathy and support to this regime who committed genocide against the armenians,"....

Southern this regime in Turkey has nothing to do with the Armenian killings.
lol

Default-user-icon Abu Nuss Lsein (Guest) 06 October 2015, 16:05

Please stop pretending you are smart. You are barely literate, barely conscious, barely human.

Thumb _mowaten_ 06 October 2015, 16:20

yea anomyme, of course.
nevermind this
http://www.darkmoon.me/2015/exclusive-russia-threatens-to-shoot-down-israeli-jets-over-syria/

Thumb _mowaten_ 06 October 2015, 16:50

eh be saddened, chou bedde ellak. i get saddened every time i read your delusional rubbish

Missing peace 06 October 2015, 19:55

texas : iran prefers Lebanon to get all the sh...just like the syrians trying to liberate palestine... they would never want their countries destroyed but prefer Lebanon to be the war field... with the full approval of those pretending to be "resistants" and lecturing others about their patriotism but ready to drag Lebanon into wars to avoid their master countries from being hit...!

Default-user-icon lebo (Guest) 11 October 2015, 10:35

If wish Qawmibigjohn was lebanese instead of a greater syrian I would belive the twaddle he keeps spewing. Notice how he almost exclusively posts on syrian related articles defending assad no matter what, a paid puppet if ever there was one.