Putin, Hollande to fight against terrorism in Syria

“It seems that the Turkish leadership is deliberately driving relations (between Russian Federation and Turkey) into a dead end”, Mr Putin said.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses local administrators at his palace in Ankara, Turkey, Nov. 26, 2015.

Turkey has also released audio recordings of what it says are the warnings given to the Russian pilot before the jet was shot down.

The next day, Mr Erdogan described Mr Putin’s claims as “unfair” as he warned Russian Federation not to “play with fire”.

The West has been hesitant to work with Russian Federation, which, in addition to opposing ISIS, has attacked moderate Syrian rebels opposed to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

A USA official said the sending of S-400 anti-aircraft missiles that could reach deep into Turkey raises “significant concerns”.

Earlier this month, Islamic State said it had killed a Chinese hostage, prompting outrage from China.

Putin and Hollande met on Thursday, where the question of Russia’s support for France in its fight against ISIS surfaced. “But of course incidents like the destruction of our aircraft and the deaths of our servicemen… are absolutely unacceptable”, Putin said at a news conference, standing alongside Hollande.

Speaking with French President François Hollande, Putin said the US and Russian Federation would need to have “serious consultations” concerning the warplane matter, according to the Associated Press.

The summit in Antalya marked their deepening rift over Syria, when Putin showed fellow G-20 leaders aerial pictures of what he said were convoys of oil trucks carrying crude from fields controlled by the Islamic State group into Turkey.

Hollande held talks in Washington with U.S.

But Mr Putin insisted it was “impossible” for Turkey not to have known it was shooting at a Russian plane.

He told CNN Russia, not Turkey, should be the one to apologise for the incident.

IS claimed the 13 November attacks in Paris which killed 130 people, and an affiliate of the group has said it bombed a Russian passenger plane in October, killing all 224 passengers on board.

The two countries have enjoyed lucrative tourist and business ties in recent years – Turkey is the most popular foreign destination for Russians, with 3.3 million making the trip in the first nine months of this year alone.