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Monday 05 Oct 2015 - 15:54 Makkah mean time-22-12-1436
Ankara (IINA) – Turkey said on Monday its F-16 jets had intercepted a Russian fighter plane which violated Turkish air space near the Syrian border, forcing the aircraft to turn back, AFP reported.
Turkey summoned the Russian ambassador in Ankara to the foreign ministry and "strongly protested" the violation, the Turkish foreign ministry said in a statement.
It demanded that "any such violation not be repeated," otherwise Russia "will be responsible for any undesired incident that may occur".
Turkish Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirlioglu called his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov to convey Ankara's unease, the statement said.
He also held telephone talks with counterparts from the United States, France, Italy and Britain and was due to speak with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier to discuss the situation.
Russia's strikes in Syria began just a week after Erdogan visited Moscow to meet President Vladimir Putin and attend the opening of a new mosque.
Western and regional countries including Saudi Arabia and Turkey expressed in a joint declaration on Friday "deep concern" over Russian military build-up in Syria.
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