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No tension over Russian aircraft near Turkey's airspace. Regarding recent claims that Greek coast guard boats intervened in Turkish boats in the waters of the Imia islands, Davutoglu said....

The incident over the Black Sea on Wednesday in which Turkish F-16 jets pursued a Russian military aircraft flying near Turkish airspace [1] must not be assessed as a sign of tension between the countries, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Saturday.

Davutoglu explained the Russian aircraft was conducting a drill in accordance with international law, and the pursuit by Turkish F-16s was merely an automatic response toward objects approaching airspace.

Davutoglu responded to questions during a press conference at the ministry in Ankara with his Bulgarian counterpart Kristian Vigenin.
“Sometimes such measures are taken between nations amid these types of exercises... there is no reason to blow this case out of proportion,” he said.

Δ. Αβραμόπουλος: Η παρέλαση θα γίνει κανονικά. -«Από την ώρα που γίνονται οι στρατιωτικές παρελάσεις αυτές θα γίνονται με δόξα και τιμή». -Και όχι «μίζερα».

H παρέλαση θα γίνει κανονικά όπως έχει σχεδιαστεί, με τη συμμετοχή μηχανοκινήτων τμημάτων που βρίσκονται σε μονάδες γύρω από τη Θεσσαλονίκη, του αεροσκάφους επιδείξεων F-16 και ενδεχομένως και μαχητικών αεροσκαφών, δήλωσε σήμερα ο υπουργός Εθνικής Άμυνας Δημήτρης Αβραμόπουλος, σε συνάντησή του με τους στρατιωτικούς συντάκτες.
Με αφορμή δε τις συζητήσεις των τελευταίων ημερών, ο κ. Αβραμόπουλος σχολίασε ότι «από την ώρα που γίνονται οι στρατιωτικές παρελάσεις αυτές θα γίνονται με δόξα και τιμή», «όπως πρέπει» και όχι «μίζερα». Ανέφερε, εξάλλου, ότι δεν υπήρχε διαφωνία με τη λοιπή πολιτική ηγεσία του υπουργείου στο θέμα.