Turkish air space closed to planes carrying troops from Russia to Syria – TRT cites minister
ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkish air house has been closed to army and civilian planes carrying troops from Russia to Syria after session with Moscow, Turkey’s state broadcaster TRT Haber cited Overseas Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu as saying on Saturday.
NATO member Turkey has good relations with each Russia and Ukraine and has sought to mediate within the warfare between them.
“We closed airspace to Russia’s army planes and even to civilian planes going to Syria and carrying troopers,” Cavusoglu was quoted as saying to reporters on a airplane en path to Uruguay. He stated permission had been given for 3 month intervals till April, after which the flights stopped.
He stated talks have been persevering with between Russia and Ukraine and the perimeters have been working in the direction of a draft joint declaration.
Cavusoglu stated if progress is made in negotiations, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had agreed {that a} assembly may very well be held in Turkey.
(Reporting by Omer Berberoglu, Writing by Daren Butler, Enhancing by Timothy Heritage and Ros Russell)
