Turkey has closed airspace to Russian aircraft flying to Syria. This was stated by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, informs Turkish TV channel NTV.
“We have closed the airspace for Russian military aircraft and even civilian aircraft flying to Syria,” the minister’s TV channel quoted him as saying.
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Cavusoglu specified that Turkey issues permission for Russian airlines to fly to Syria through its territory every three months.
The last permit expired in April.
“They had permission. Then the flights stopped,” the minister confirmed.
He added that the president Recep Tayyip Erdogan informed Putin about the flight ban.
According to Cavusoglu, Turkey is in dialogue with Russia on this issue, as well as on the Montreux Convention, which regulates the passage through the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles to the Black Sea.
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