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Turkey Concealing Illegal Military Work on Syrian Border

Turkey Concealing Illegal Military Work on Syrian Border
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Russian Defense Ministry stated that Turkey is trying to conceal its illegal military activity on the border with Syria and has canceled an agreed Russian observation flight over its territory because of that.

Turkey Concealing Illegal Military Work on Syrian Border

Spokesman of the ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, told journalists at briefing in Moscow that: "Such steps carried out by a country, which is a NATO member state, in no way contribute to the strengthening of trust and security in Europe."

As Konashenkov called the cancelation of the Russian observation flight over Turkish territory "a dangerous precedent and an attempt to conceal illegal military activity near the border with Syria," he considered that the violation of the Open Skies Treaty by Ankara won't go without a proper response from Moscow.

The earlier agreed observation flight over Turkish territory was canceled on February 3, after Russian experts revealed the route, which would have included airfields and areas near the Turkish-Syrian border.

In the context, Konashenkov added that Turkey is supplying manpower and weaponry to terrorists in the Syrian cities of Idlib and Aleppo.

Relatively, Russia still hasn't received any data from Turkey concerning the alleged incident with the Russian warplane, which Ankara accused of violating its airspace, according to Konashenkov.

"Just a few minutes ago, another Turkish official said the data was passed to Moscow... No materials were passed to us by either military or diplomatic channels," he stressed.

Russian aviation has been carrying out airstrikes against "ISIS", al-Nusra Front and other terrorist groups in Syria since September 30 at the request of President Bashar Assad.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

 

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