‘No retaliation’ over sanctions on Turkey
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PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday vowed no retaliation against Russia’s “emotional” sanctions imposed on Turkey after the disputed downing of a Russian war plane.
Russia has halted the sale of tours to Turkey and is set to ban the import of Turkish fruit and vegetables as well as threatening other measures.
“(Russia) is our strategic partner, we will continue to provide them with products including food,” Erdogan said in an interview with Turkish reporters. He said the Russian actions were not in line with “state dignity.”
“Turkey in this regard retains its nobility. We are not using the same language as them ... We are expecting them to change their language.” He accused Moscow of reacting to the incident in an “emotional” way.
Erdogan said there was “no question” of Turkey retaliating against Russian citizens living in the country. Russia supplies Turkey with more than half of its natural gas supplies but Erdogan said he was not troubled by the risk of Russia cutting exports.
“We have not lived with natural gas all our lives... this nation is accustomed to hardship,” said Erdogan, emphasizing that Turkey had suppliers other than Russia.
Turkish fighter jets shot down the Russian plane on the Syrian border on November 24. Turkey claims the plane was in its airspace and ignored warnings but Russia insists it never crossed the border from Syria.
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