ATP - Russian
President Vladimir Putin has called Turkey's decision to down a Russian
warplane near the Syria border a "stab in the back."
Speaking
at a meeting with Jordanian King Abdullah II, Putin on Tuesday accepted his
condolences on the death of a Russian pilot who was reportedly captured and
dead.
Putin
said the Russian Su-24 jet was shot by a missile from a Turkish jet over Syria
about 1 kilometer (just over a half-mile) away from the Turkish border, which
he described as a "stab in the back by the terrorists' accomplices."
Putin
warned that the incident would have "significant consequences" for
its relations with Turkey and criticized Ankara for turning to NATO to discuss
the incident instead of first explaining to Russia what happened.
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