Topic: Turkey will not apologise for shooting down Russian jet - page 3. (Read 7075 times)

Ever since the Russians moved some of their S-400 Triumf (SA-21 Growler) systems to Syria, the Turkish warplanes have stopped intruding in to the Greek and the Syrian air-spaces. In particular, the Greeks are overjoyed. Earlier, there used to be up to a dozen Turkish violations in a single day. For the past few days, there have been none.

Apologies are for pussies. Now it's time to increase the intensity of bombing of terrorists supported by Turkey in Syria, and shoot down every fucking Turkish plane which will cross the border of Syria, Greece or Armenia.

Now they don't need to apologize, as their NATO backers are solidly supporting them. Any economic damage from the Russian sanctions will be neutralized by the billions of EUR that the European Union is willing to provide to them (for "managing" the "refugees"). And the Turkish laborers will start swamping the local workforce in various European nations, once the visa requirement is waived.

So their relations will continue to deteriorate. They weren't protecting themselves as they are not in a state of war. On the contrary they have an embassy in Moscow and their relations were friendly until the incident.

Turkish PM says during Nato talks that it has right to defend airspace, as allies try to prevent escalation and say focus should be on battling Isis

Ankara will not apologise for downing a Russian fighter jet on the Syrian border but Moscow should reconsider retaliatory sanctions, the Turkish prime minister has said.

Ahmet Davutoğlu said: “Protection of our airspace, our border is not only a right but a duty for my government and no Turkish premier or president ... will apologise [for] doing our duty.”

Speaking on Monday, at a joint press conference with the Nato head, Jens Stoltenberg, Davutoğlu added that he hoped “Russia will reconsider these measures in both our interests”, referring to the sanctions that Moscow imposed after the shooting down of the jet last week.

“If the Russian side wants to talk, we are ready; if they want more information, we are ready; if they want to normalise relations, we are ready to talk,” he said.

Davutoğlu was speaking as the Kremlin said Vladimir Putin had rejected an invitation to meet his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on the sidelines of the Paris global climate conference.

Erdoğan had called for face-to-face talks with Putin as Moscow and Ankara trade accusations over who was responsible for downing the plane. Ankara said on Monday it had returned the body of the pilot to Russia.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/30/turkey-will-not-apologise-for-shooting-down-russian-jet