Turkish President accuses Russia of continuing to violate airspace

Reuters reported on February 24 that Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused Russia of continuing to violate his country's airspace.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Photo: AFP

The accusations were made three months after Ankara shot down a Moscow Su-24 fighter jet near the Syrian border.

Speaking to a group of officials in the capital Ankara, broadcast live on television, Mr. Erdogan also declared that the People's Protection Units (YPG) and their political wing - the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) - must be excluded from the ceasefire process in Syria.

The Turkish president also expressed concern that the US-Russia plan to stop fighting in Syria would favor government forces and their supporters, due to the ambiguity in terms regarding the Syrian opposition.

He said Türkiye welcomed efforts for a ceasefire in principle, but accused the US, the European Union (EU), the United Nations, Iran and Russia of shameful actions in Syria by directly or indirectly allowing President Bashar al-Assad's forces to kill civilians./.

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