Turkey denies Russian allegations of IS trade

Turkey has considered possible measures against Russian Federation and will impose sanctions if necessary, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Tuesday, but added that Ankara remains open to dialogue with Moscow.

Russian ambassador Andrey Karlov was summoned to the foreign ministry headquarters over the images published by the Turkish media on Sunday, the sources said, the latest escalation of tensions following Turkey’s downing of a Russian warplane last month. Davutoglu made the comments to members of his ruling AK Party in parliament.

It was unclear whether Russian Federation called Tuesday’s meeting in coordination with Iraq, which previously said it would resort to the Security Council if Turkey did not withdraw its recently deployed troops near Mosul, in northern Iraq.

“We are ready for all kinds of discussions with Russian Federation but we will never accept being dictated to”.

Following the incident, Moscow announced wide-ranging sanctions against Turkey including the end of visa-free travel and a ban on Turkish food products.

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.

But Putin warned that no black box findings could assuage Moscow’s anger at Ankara over the incident. “Any crew has a legitimate right to guard and protect its ship”, the Russian diplomat said.

The meeting will be chaired by the USA, the current holder of the council’s presidency. But he warned that “anything could be subject to assessment due to developments”.