Turkey warns its patience with Russia ‘has a limit’ after Putin warship fired warning shots at fishing vessel
Ankara accuses Moscow of ‘exaggerated’ reaction to naval confrontation
Russian destroyer fired warning shots at fishing vessel to avoid collision
Turkish minister accused Putin of using Syrian strikes to prop up Assad
By SIMON TOMLINSON
DailyMail.com
14 December 2015
Turkey has warned its patience with Russia ‘has a limit’ after Moscow’s ‘exaggerated’ reaction to a weekend naval incident between the two countries.
A Russian destroyer fired warning shots at a Turkish vessel in the Aegean on Sunday to avoid a collision and summoned the Turkish military attache over the incident.
‘Ours was only a fishing boat, it seems to me that the reaction of the Russian naval ship was exaggerated,’ Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said.
‘Russia and Turkey certainly have to re-establish the relations of trust that we have always had, but our patience has a limit.’
The incident is likely to heighten tensions between the two nations who are at odds over Syria and Turkey’s downing of a Russian warplane last month.
Cavusoglu said Russia had already ‘put itself in a ridiculous position’ with accusations by President Vladimir Putin that Turkey had shot down the jet to protect oil supplies from ISIS.
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