Turkish leader’s son denies Russian allegations of Islamic State trade

While the spotlight was largely on Russia-Turkey relations, the dominant topic at official group talks in Belgrade was the crisis in and around Ukraine.

Moscow has recovered the black box of the Russian jet downed by Turkey last month and will analyse it with foreign specialists, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.

The Turkish prime minister did not elaborate on what kind of measures Ankara is considering taking against Moscow.

Shoigu also said that Russia had now increased its intensity of airstrikes in Syria and carried out a massive aviation and missile attack using Tu-22 strategic bombers from the Russian territory.

The Turkish foreign ministry warned the ambassador that the Russian soldier’s holding the missile in the firing position had constituted a violation of the Montreux Convention on Turkish straits, which governs worldwide traffic through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits.

Turkish Air Forces shot down Russian jet “SU-24” in its airspace Nov.24.

Earlier, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu called the Russian ship’s passage with the missile launcher on display a provocative act that “has to end”.

“If by North Atlantic Treaty Organisation efforts Turkey tries to contain Russian Federation, this will be an obstacle to the establishment of an global coalition against terrorism”, Alexander Grushko said on Monday, according to Russia’s state-owned RIA Novosti news agency.

The diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity Monday because contacts were private, said Russian Federation gave no details of what it will say.

Turkey says the Russian jet strayed into its airspace and ignored repeated warnings, while Moscow insists it did not cross from Syria and has accused Ankara of a planned provocation.

He also said that Turkish military has trained 2441 people for Mosul National Guards in Bashiqa camp of Northern Iraq, adding that the training mission has been in coordination with the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government and Iraqi authorities.

Ankara says the troops are there as part of an global mission to train and equip Iraqi forces to fight against Islamic State.