Turkey has accused Syria of shooting down a military plane in international airspace without warning and called a Nato meeting to discuss a answer to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Amid growing acrimony among the once-friendly neighbours, Syria said its forces had shot dead "terrorists" infiltrating its country from Turkey, which along with Western and Arab nations has backed the reason of Syrians fighting Assad.
Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu supposed the search for two missing pilots was still under way, in coordination with the Syrian authorities. He deprived of it was a "joint" operation.
He told state broadcaster TRT the plane had been clearly marked as Turkish and dismissed Syria's assertion it had not recognized the aircraft before opening flames.
Davutoglu supposed he also planned to set out Turkey's case before the United Nations Security Council where Western powers are seeking, in the face of Russian and Chinese antagonism, to push through a motion that could allow stronger measures alongside Assad. Moscow fears this could lead to military action that could weaken its interests in Syria.
What began as demonstrations alongside Assad developed last year into armed rebellion, tipping the country towards a sectarian public war, with thousands already killed crossways Syria.
Davutoglu supposed the jet was unarmed and had been on a solo mission to test domestic radar systems, but acknowledged it had temporarily crossed Syrian airspace 15 minutes before it was attacked. There was no "secret" constituent to its mission.
"Our plane was shot at a distance of 13 sea miles from Syria's border in global airspace," Davutoglu supposed.
"According to the radar imagery, our plane lost contact with headquarters after it was strike and because the pilot lost control, it crashed into Syrian waters after making irregular movements," he supposed.
The foreign ministry supposed Turkey knew the coordinates of the wreckage, 1,300 metres underwater, but had not found it yet.
Syria, formally at war with Israel and the target of Israeli air raids in the past, has supposed the plane was flying fast and low, just one kilometre off its coast when it was shot down as an unidentified intruder. It was only later on found to be Turkish.
Amid growing acrimony among the once-friendly neighbours, Syria said its forces had shot dead "terrorists" infiltrating its country from Turkey, which along with Western and Arab nations has backed the reason of Syrians fighting Assad.
Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu supposed the search for two missing pilots was still under way, in coordination with the Syrian authorities. He deprived of it was a "joint" operation.
He told state broadcaster TRT the plane had been clearly marked as Turkish and dismissed Syria's assertion it had not recognized the aircraft before opening flames.
Davutoglu supposed he also planned to set out Turkey's case before the United Nations Security Council where Western powers are seeking, in the face of Russian and Chinese antagonism, to push through a motion that could allow stronger measures alongside Assad. Moscow fears this could lead to military action that could weaken its interests in Syria.
What began as demonstrations alongside Assad developed last year into armed rebellion, tipping the country towards a sectarian public war, with thousands already killed crossways Syria.
Davutoglu supposed the jet was unarmed and had been on a solo mission to test domestic radar systems, but acknowledged it had temporarily crossed Syrian airspace 15 minutes before it was attacked. There was no "secret" constituent to its mission.
"Our plane was shot at a distance of 13 sea miles from Syria's border in global airspace," Davutoglu supposed.
"According to the radar imagery, our plane lost contact with headquarters after it was strike and because the pilot lost control, it crashed into Syrian waters after making irregular movements," he supposed.
The foreign ministry supposed Turkey knew the coordinates of the wreckage, 1,300 metres underwater, but had not found it yet.
Syria, formally at war with Israel and the target of Israeli air raids in the past, has supposed the plane was flying fast and low, just one kilometre off its coast when it was shot down as an unidentified intruder. It was only later on found to be Turkish.
No comments:
Post a Comment