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In a live interview on NTV, Cavusoglu also said that the recent additional deployment of troops to Iraq was made after an increase in the security threat.
Putin snubs Erdogan meet at Paris climate conference
Earlier, the foreign ministers of Turkey and Russia met in Belgrade on Thursday in the first high-level bilateral talks since the downing of a Russian warplane by Turkish jets sparked an unprecedented crisis.
Two Turkish F-16 jets shot down a Russian plane on November 24 which Ankara said violated its airspace. Russia insists that the plane did not cross from Syria and accused Turkey of a deliberate provocation.
Turkey calls for dialogue with Russia to narrow differences
The plane incident plunged the two countries’ relationship into a crisis, with Russia demanding an official apology from the Turkish leadership.
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