Steinmeier said Lavrov met with Turkish Foreign Minister important step – RIA Novosti

BERLIN, December 4th – RIA Novosti, Tatyana Firsova. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier stressed the importance of the recent meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu, this is the first direct talks Ministers after the incident with the Su-24.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the ministerial meeting of the OSCE in Belgrade, held talks with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, the results of which said he did not hear anything new in principle on the incident with the Su-24.

“Nobody expected that soon will release tension and find a solution to the crisis. The meeting, however, was important because for the first time after a one-sided comments exchanged positions in direct negotiations”, – the minister said, his press service quoted German Foreign Minister .

The relations between Russia and Turkey in crisis after the collapse of the Russian Su-24 bombers in Syria. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the plane was shot down by a rocket-type “air-air” to the Turkish F-16s over the Syrian territory. Putin called it a “stab in the back” by the accomplices of terrorists. Ankara argues that the Su-24 entered its airspace. Russian General Staff, said that the plane did not cross the border, it is confirmed by the data of the Syrian air defense. The response of Russia, in particular, a ban charter flights between the countries and hiring Russian personnel from among Turkish citizens, as well as restrictions on the importation of certain Turkish goods and products.

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