Business Standard

Turkey: Minister talks planned on downed plane

Image

AP Ankara
Turkey's Foreign Ministry says the foreign ministers of Turkey and Russia have agreed to meet for talks over the downing of a Russian warplane.

Russia's foreign minister, however, said that a meeting hadn't been confirmed.

Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Tanju Bilgic said in a written statement that Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov agreed to a meeting "in the coming days," during a telephone conversation today.

Bilgic said during their conversation, Cavusoglu briefed Lavrov on Turkey's action.

The two agreed to share details on the incident through "diplomatic and military channels."

But Lavrov said during a live TV interview that they had no concrete plans for a meeting. Lavrov said that Cavusoglu suggested they could meet at the sidelines of some event, but added that he has no such plans.

Don't miss the most important news and views of the day. Get them on our Telegram channel

First Published: Nov 25 2015 | 8:13 PM IST

Explore News