Putin: Huge mistake Turkey

Putin: Huge mistake Turkey



Russia has reasonable suspicion that the shooting down of Russian bomber Su-24 by the Turkish air force did continue to be illegal oil deliveries from Syria to Turkey, said today in Paris the president of Russia Vladimir Putin.

The Russian president described "huge mistake" shooting down Russian aircraft and stressed that he met today with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the first day of the UN climate conference.

Asked whether Moscow wants to form an expanded alliance of countries against terrorism, Putin said: "I always defending it," adding: "But this can not be done while one country continues to use several terrorist organizations To achieve its goals. " At the same time Putin stressed that the financial support for terrorists in Syria continues.

"Recently we received and other references which confirm that oil from the areas controlled by the Islamic State is transported on an industrial scale in the territory of Turkey," he said.

The Russian president also said that personally regrets the deterioration of Russia's relations with Turkey.

"I think we are all saddened me and saddens me personally as I did several efforts to strengthen these relations (en Russian-Turkish) for quite a long period," said Putin told reporters. "But there are also problems have arisen for some time and seek to resolve them effectively through dialogue with our Turkish counterparts," he said.

The Russian president met on the sidelines of the first day of the conference with his counterparts from Peru, the US, Germany, South Korea, Israel and the European Commission and said that the world leaders in general have similar views to solve Syrian crisis.

Commenting on his talks with US President Barack Obama, he said that: "We discussed mainly Syria and where should be the center of our attention."

The discussion to "a list of organizations that consider terrorism, a list of organizations representing the" healthy "part of the opposition, as well as the tactics of our joint activities in the political field. In general, I think there is an understanding of the direction in which we should move, "he said.

"If we talk about the need for a political settlement, it is necessary to work on a constitution for the new elections and ensure the monitoring of the results," he added.

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