Erdogan vows no retaliation against Russian sanctions

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday vowed
Turkey would not retaliate against Russia’s “emotional”
sanctions imposed after the disputed downing of a
Russian war plane.

Russia has halted the sale of tours to Turkey — a key
tourist destination — and is set to ban the import of
Turkish fruit and vegetables as well as threatening other
measures.
“(Russia) is our strategic partner, we will continue to
provide them with products including food,” Erdogan said
in an interview with Turkish reporters on board his
presidential plane published in newspapers.
Erdogan said the Russian actions were not in line with
“state dignity”.
“Turkey in this regard retains its nobility. We are not using
the same language as them… We are expecting them to
change their language,” Erdogan said, accusing Moscow of
reacting to the incident in an “emotional” way.
Erdogan said there was “no question” of Turkey retaliating
against Russian citizens living in the country. “Reciprocity
is something that must be done within the limits of the
law.”
Russia supplies Turkey with more than half of its natural
gas supplies but Erdogan said he was not troubled by the
risk of Russia cutting down exports.
“We have not lived with natural gas all our lives… this
nation is accustomed to hardship,” said Erdogan,
emphasising that Turkey had suppliers other than Russia.
Erdogan also said Russian President Vladimir Putin had in
the past spoken of the Turkish president’s “courage”.
“He (Putin) has (said) many words about me as an honest
head of state.”
The shooting down by Turkish fighter jets of a Russian
warplane on the Syrian border on November 24 has
plunged relations between Moscow and Ankara into their
biggest crisis since the Cold War.
Turkey claims the plane was in its airspace and ignored
repeated warnings but Russia insists it never crossed the
border from Syria.
Turkish leaders have in recent days shown signs of
seeking to limit the damage to ties. However Putin
snubbed a request from Erdogan to meet him on the
sidelines of the UN climate conference near Paris this
week.

Posted: at 2-12-2015 11:31 AM (9 years ago) | Upcoming

They can start and know how to settle themselves all we need in this world is peace no more war.

Posted: at 8-12-2015 08:24 AM (9 years ago) | Hero