Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Monday his country will not apologize to Russia for shooting down a warplane operating over Syria that crossed through Turkish airspace.
He added that his county hopes that Moscow will reconsider economic sanctions it announced against Turkish interests after one flier was killed in the shootdown.
Davutoglu told reporters Monday that “no Turkish prime minister or president will apologize … because of doing our duty.”
He spoke after a meeting with the NATO chief in Brussels and said Turkey remains open to talks with Russia about ways to avoid such incidents in the future.