Official representative of Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova called upon to restore the Russian-Turkish relations, gazeta.ru reports.
Responding to a question of a journalist, Zakharova said that restoring relations with Turkey "is not possible, but necessary."
"After the tragedy that happened with the Russian plane that was shot down by Turkey without any reason, we voiced our position: there can be development of relations, we consider the Turkish people to be our friends," she said.
Zakharova also said that the Russian side was to make it clear that such actions are unacceptable.