The Syrian passenger
aircraft forced to land in Turkey did not carry any weapons but had some spare
parts for Syrian radars, the Russian Foreign Minister has said.
“There were, of
course, no weapons on the plane and could not have been any,” Sergei Lavrov
told journalists in Moscow on Friday.
“The plane carried
electro-technical parts for radars, which is dual purpose equipment, but is not
banned by any international conventions,” the Russian Foreign Minister added.
Turkish Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan had earlier alleged that the aircraft had military
equipment and ammunition on board.
‘No reply’
Moscow said on Friday
it had not received any reply from Ankara to its demand for explanation on the
airliner’s detention which “put to risk” the lives of 17 Russian citizens
travelling from Moscow to Damascus.
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-international/moscow-admits-to-radars-on-aircraft/article3993160.ece
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