Russia-Turkey summit cancelled
Moscow said that a summit between the Russian and Turkish presidents that was scheduled for Tuesday will not take place.
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Tensions between Russia and Turkey remain high [Getty]
Russia on Monday said a summit between President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan pencilled in for 15 December had been cancelled, with ties between the two leaders in tatters over the downing of a Russian warplane.
The meeting between the two strongmen had been agreed at the G20 summit in Turkey on 16 November, just over a week before Ankara shot down one of Moscow's warplanes at the Syrian border.
"It will not take place. It is not planned," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists.
Putin and Erdogan have been locked in a war of words over the shooting down of the Russian jet, which led to the deaths of a pilot and of a soldier sent out on a rescue mission, and prompted Moscow to slap economic sanctions on Turkey in retaliation.
A furious Putin also snubbed a meeting with Erdogan at a climate summit in France late last month and has refused to take phone calls from the Turkish leader.
Tensions remain high, with Russia on Sunday claiming that one of its destroyers in the Aegean Sea had fired warning shots to avoid a collision with a Turkish fishing boat.
The meeting between the two strongmen had been agreed at the G20 summit in Turkey on 16 November, just over a week before Ankara shot down one of Moscow's warplanes at the Syrian border.
"It will not take place. It is not planned," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists.
Putin and Erdogan have been locked in a war of words over the shooting down of the Russian jet, which led to the deaths of a pilot and of a soldier sent out on a rescue mission, and prompted Moscow to slap economic sanctions on Turkey in retaliation.
A furious Putin also snubbed a meeting with Erdogan at a climate summit in France late last month and has refused to take phone calls from the Turkish leader.
Tensions remain high, with Russia on Sunday claiming that one of its destroyers in the Aegean Sea had fired warning shots to avoid a collision with a Turkish fishing boat.
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