Erdogan apologizes to Putin over death of Russian pilot, calls Russia ‘friend & strategic partner’
“The head of the Turkish state expressed his deep sympathy and condolences to the relatives of the deceased Russian pilot and said 'sorry'.....We never had a desire or a deliberate intention to down an aircraft belonging to Russia."
Russian President Vladimir Putin has received a letter in which his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan apologized for the death of the pilot who was killed when a Russian jet was downed over the Syrian-Turkish border last November, the Kremlin said.
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