Russian Foreign Minister says Russia does not intend to go to war with Turkey
Although Putin is known to be the kind of character not to forget about “the downed Russian jet incident” in Syria, the international community had a relief yesterday when Russian FM stated that Russia had no intentions of going to war with Turkey.
Lavrov said their attitude towards the Turkish people had not changed and and they only had questions about the Turkish leadership. Russian FM did not fail to add they believed the downing of a Russian jet by Turkey was a “planned provocation”.
As for measures Russia would take regarding its new strategy related to Turkey Russian FM did not provide any details. When asked about his comment “Russian citizens should avoid going to Turkey” he said this statement had been made due to serious threats by extremists in Turkey.
SOURCE: MEDIA