土耳其再召見俄大使抗議侵犯領空
Turkey summoned Russia's ambassador for a second time Monday after what the foreign ministry said was a second instance of a Russian plane violating Turkish airspace near the Syrian border.
Turkey first lodged its protest with the Russian ambassador and warned of consequences of any future incursions after a Russian jet crossed into Turkish territory on Saturday. The foreign ministry said the second airspace violation took place on Sunday.
Russia's defense ministry said Monday that incident was the result of bad weather conditions in the area, and that there was no reason to look for conspiracy theories.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters Tuesday that the violations do not look like an accident.
"I will not speculate on the motives, I would just reiterate or restate that this is a serious violation of Turkish airspace, it should not happen again, and NATO has expressed strong solidarity with Turkey," Stoltenberg said.
He added that Russia's increased military presence in Syria raises concerns because it has attacked not only Islamic State fighters, but also other opposition groups and "many civilians have lost their lives."
Russian planes have been conducting airstrikes in Syria since last week targeting both Islamic State fighters and what it called "terrorist" groups. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, an ally of Russia, has frequently used the term "terrorist" to describe the rebels who have fought against his government for more than four years.土耳其星期一再次召見俄羅斯駐土耳其大使，之前土耳其外交部指責俄羅斯在敘利亞邊界附近兩次侵犯土耳其領空。
土耳其在俄羅斯戰機星期六進入其領空後召見俄羅斯大使並警告說，如再有類似事件發生，俄羅斯必須承擔後果。俄羅斯戰機星期日再次進入土耳其領空。
俄羅斯國防部星期一說，這是因爲當地天氣惡劣，沒有理由尋找陰謀論。
北約祕書長斯托爾滕貝格星期二對記者說，入侵領空的行爲看起來不像是意外。 他還說：“我不猜測動機，我只想重申這是對土耳其領空的嚴重侵犯，不應再次發生。北約已堅決表示與土耳其站在一起。”
他說，俄羅斯家加強在敘利亞的軍事存在，也引起關注，俄羅斯不僅打擊伊斯蘭國武裝分子，也攻擊了其他反政府力量，造成許多平民死亡。
俄羅斯上週以來不斷在敘利亞進行空襲。俄羅斯稱襲擊目標是伊斯蘭國武裝分子和恐怖組織。俄羅斯的盟友、敘利亞總統阿薩德經常把與政府交戰四年多的反政府力量稱爲恐怖分子。
