December 16, 2015 Edited 13:33 CET

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In addition to compensation for the downed plane, Russia asks Turkey to guarantee that similar incidents will not happen again.

Shoot down of Russian plane caused a crisis in relations between Moscow and Ankara [EPA]

Deputy of Russian Foreign Minister boss Alexei Meshkov believes that Turkey should pay compensation for the kill of the Russian military aircraft near the Turkish-Syrian border last month.

Such requests immediately reacted Turkish foreign ministry and told that on such Russian requests can not be answered.

Meshkov has said that Turkey should guarantee that similar incidents will not occur in the future, report RIA Novosti.

From the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs was pointed out that "it is not possible to satisfy Russian demands for compensation for the downed aircraft," Reuters reported.

Official Ankara has said that "the Russian army is acting as if there is a perceived threat from Turkey," which is "exaggerated and unrealistic."

Turkey: We have no aggressive approach

"Turkey does not have an aggressive approach towrds Russian army," stressed the Turkish ministry, expressing the hope that to escalating of the tensions will not come.

They said that Turkey has no plans to establish military forces in the alliance led by Saudi Arabia against terrorism, which is rated as an important alliance when it comes to military and intelligence coordination.

On the other hand, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Meskov commented on the negotiations on resolving the Syrian crisis, saying that Moscow opposes the exclusion of Kurds from these negotiations.

Turkish air force shot down a Russian aircraft in late November, after which Russia introduced economic sanctions.

This was followed by exchange of harsh words between leaders of the two countries as well as several maritime incidents.

Source: Agencies

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