Turkey Says Russian Warplane Violated Its Airspace

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey summoned the Russian ambassador to protest the violation of its airspace by a Russian warplane near the border with Syria over the weekend, and demanded that Moscow avoid future infringements, the Foreign Ministry said Monday. The Russian plane violated the Turkey’s airspace near the town of Yayladagi, in Hatay province on Saturday, prompting Turkey to scramble two F-16 jets which intercepted the Russian aircraft and forced it to fly back into the Syrian airspace, a Foreign Ministry statement said. In the meeting with the Russian ambassador, Turkey demanded that Russia avoid such violations again and warned that Russia would be held “responsible for any undesired incident,” that may occur, a Turkish Foreign Ministry statement said.

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