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Waiting for response from Turkey on downing jet: Kremlin

The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia was still awaiting a reasonable answer from Ankara on why it downed a Russian fighter jet earlier this week, adding that it is not considering sanctions against Turkey or imposing a food imports embargo

November 27, 2015 / 11:18 IST
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The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia was still awaiting a reasonable answer from Ankara on why it downed a Russian fighter jet earlier this week, adding that it is not considering sanctions against Turkey or imposing a food imports embargo."We are still waiting for an explanation, a realistic explanation from the Turkish side," Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, told journalists on a conference call.Russia's Agriculture Ministry said earlier on Thursday it was strengthening control over food and agriculture imports from Turkey."We're not imposing any embargo," Peskov said."These (restrictions) are introduced due to an increasing danger from various manifestations of extremism. Of course, additional control measures are taken. This is rather natural, especially taking into account the unpredictable actions of the Republic of Turkey."

first published: Nov 26, 2015 06:36 pm

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