Davutoglu: Turkey and Russia Need Each Other
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Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu declared that Russia and Turkey are neighbors and need each other as both remain important regional powers, Sputnik News reports.
"Our line of conduct remains unchanged. Russia and Turkey have always been neighbors. Today, both of our countries remain important for the region. We need each other. The incident with the plane was not an action directed against Russia," Davutoglu said in an interview with Al Jazeera Turk.
In addition the prime minister also ruled out a possible conflict between Turkey and Russia if Turkey began a ground military operation in Syria.
"This is an incorrect scenario…It is not Russia that is facing the threat posed by the Islamic State [IS], but Turkey," he said, adding that the international fight against Daesh is governed by UN resolutions and that Turkey does not want to fall out with any country.
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