NATO supports Turkey in dispute with Russia over downed fighter jet

  25 November 2015    Read: 832
NATO supports Turkey in dispute with Russia over downed fighter jet
After an emergency meeting, NATO member states rallied to show support for Turkey in its dispute with Russia over a downed fighter plane. U.S. and NATO officials confirmed Turkey`s assertion that the Russian jet entered Turkish airspace before it was shot down. Russia insists the plane was still in Syrian airspace.
During today`s meeting of NATO`s North Atlantic Council, Turkish representatives reportedly played recordings of the 21 warnings issued to the Russian jet before Turkish planes opened fire. Turkish officials also maintain this is not the first time a Russian plane has violated Turkish airspace since the country joined the Syrian civil war.

In response to the incident, Russia gave Turkey`s military attache in Moscow a statement calling the affair an "unfriendly action." Both NATO and UN officials appealed for a calm and measured response that would de-escalate tension.

But Russia now claims one of the two pilots was shot as he parachuted from the damaged plane. It also claims rebel forces in Syria fired on a military helicopter sent to search for the missing pilots. One airman aboard the helicopter reportedly died.

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