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Our patience with Russia has a limit –Turkish Minister
Tension between Turkey and Russia may have reached boiling point after Turkish foreign minister declared that Ankara’s patience with Russia “has a limit” after Moscow’s “exaggerated” reaction to a weekend naval incident between the two countries, an Italian newspaper reported on Monday.
The incident saw Russian warship firing warning shots at a Turkish boat sailing in the Augean sea in a bid to avoid collision.
Moments after the shooting occurred, the Turkish military attaché in Moscow was summoned over the incident.
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“Ours was only a fishing boat. It seems to me that the reaction of the Russian naval ship was exaggerated,” Mevlut Cavusoglu told the Italian daily Corriere della Sera in an interview.
The incident is likely to heighten tensions between the two nations, which are at odds over Syria and Turkey’s downing of a Russian fighter jet last month.
“Russia and Turkey certainly have to re-establish the relations of trust that we have always had, but our patience has a limit,” the Turkish foreign minister said.
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