The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has received a letter from the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in which he apologized for the death of the Russian pilot who was killed when a Russian jet was downed over the Syrian-Turkish border last November. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov infroms about this, RT reports.
According to him, Erdogan has expressed readiness to restore relations with Moscow.
"The head of the Turkish state expressed his deep sympathy and condolences to the relatives of the deceased Russian pilot and said ‘sorry,’" Peskov said.