Turkish President threatened to break Putin friendship

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to break Russian friendly relations, if the Russian Federation will continue to violate the airspace of its Member States. He stated this at a press conference in Brussels, informs Reuters.

"Turkey can not remain calm in the face of violations of Russian aircraft of its airspace and requires the termination of the incidents," - said Erdogan.

He threatened the loss of Russian friendship, "Well aware of our positive attitude towards Russia. However, if Russia will lose a friend like Turkey, with whom she collaborated on many issues, it will lose a lot, and it should take account of this. "

Recall the other day the Russian aircraft twice violated Turkish airspace.

In this regard, the Turkish Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador to Ankara and NATO decided to gather for an emergency meeting.

Official Moscow also explained that the violation was due to "navigational error".

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