Turkey will not apologise to Russia over jet downing, says country's PM

Turkey’s prime minister has said his country will not apologise to Russia for shooting down a warplane operating over Syria that crossed through Turkish airspace.

Turkey’s prime minister has said his country will not apologise to Russia for shooting down a warplane operating over Syria that crossed through Turkish airspace.

Ahmet Davutoglu said Turkey also hopes that Moscow will reconsider economic sanctions it announced against Turkish interests in the wake of last week’s incident.

Mr Davutoglu told reporters that “no Turkish prime minister or president will apologise... because of doing our duty.”

He spoke after a meeting with the Nato chief in Brussels and said Turkey remains open to talks with Russia about ways to avoid such incidents in the future.

President Vladimir Putin’s foreign affairs adviser has said the Russian leader had not taken calls from Turkey’s president because there has been no Turkish apology.

Russia insists the plane did not intrude on Turkish airspace.

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