If only such a violation had not taken place. Turkey and Russia are two neighboring countries that have developed friendly relations.

Spokesperson of the Turkish government, Numan Kurtulmuş, stated the abovementioned.

Kurtulmuş noted that the origin of the Russian warplane was unknown at the time of its being shot down, and it was warned several times before being shot at, reported Haberler news portal of Turkey.

“If we knew that it was a Russian aircraft, such an incident would not have taken place,” he added.

The Turkish air force on Tuesday shot down a Russian Su-24 attack aircraft/interdictor on the Turkish-Syrian border. The warplane was taking part in the antiterrorism operations in Syria.