Kremlin proceeds from assumption Russian plane did not violate Turkish border

The Kremlin proceeds from the assumption that Russian planes did not violate Turkish air space, according to the press secretary.

"We proceed from the information declared by our Defense Ministry. Let me remind you that Defense Ministry officials dismissed Turkish claims there had been a violation of Turkish airspace by one of our planes," presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted by Tass as saying.

"This is what we proceed from." On Saturday, the Turkish Foreign Ministry alleged that a Russian military plane, a Sukhoi Su-34, violated the Turkish border.

The incident reportedly occurred on Friday.

According to the statement Turkish radars repeatedly warned the Russian plane’s pilot in both Russian and in English before the alleged violation.

The Russian ambassador was summoned to the Foreign Ministry to hear a strong protest.

The Russian Defense Ministry denied Ankara’s claims a Sukhoi-34 plane of the Russian air group in Syria had ventured into Turkish airspace.

Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov dismissed the allegations as groundless propaganda. "There have been no violations of Turkish airspace by any of the planes of the Russian air group in Syria.

Turkey’s claims about alleged intrusion into its airspace by a Sukhoi-34 plane are groundless propaganda," Konashenkov said.

Source: MENA