Russian, Turkish foreign ministers meet for 1st time since jet downing

Putin also called on all nations that have pledged to fight terrorism to join forces, and “not apply double standards on terror” or use terrorist groups for their own needs.

Putin specifically targeted Turkey, accusing it of “allowing terrorists to earn money by selling oil stolen from Syria”.

The announcement came hours after Russia said it halted talks on building a prospective pipeline to Turkey amid tensions over the downing of a Russian warplane.

Turkey is looking for alternatives to Russian grain after the dispute between Moscow and Ankara over the shooting down of a Russian warplane placed a question mark over future deliveries and put new deals on hold, traders and analysts said.

Russia’s state-controlled gas giant Gazprom says Russian Federation and Turkey agreed in February on the TurkStream route. The shoot-down, the first time a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation country downed a Russian plane in more than half a century, has triggered a bitter spat between the two nations, which had developed robust economic ties in the past.

Davutoglu reminded Moscow that Ankara refused to join Western sanctions against Russian Federation over Ukraine.

Meanwhile, Cavusoglu said the crisis was on the way to cooling down and expressed sorrow for the death of the Russian pilot.

On Tuesday, a source familiar with the situation told RIA Novosti that talks on the Turkish Stream were suspended after a November 24 incident in which a Turkish fighter jet shot down a Russian Su-24 bomber in Syria.

Russian President Vladimir Putin didn’t meet with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the conference on climate change in Paris earlier this week.

Speaking with journalists in Belgrad, Lavrov noted that he “met with Foreign Minister Cavusoglu on his urgent request, and did not hear anything new”.

On Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry showed what it called a proof that the Turkish government was involved in “criminal activities” of oil trade with the Islamic State group.

Fallon confirmed that eight more jets were on their way to Britain’s base in Cyprus to join attacks and warned that military action against Islamic State should be expected to continue not for months, but years. A Russian marine was also killed in the search and rescue operation immediately after the downing of the plane.