LE BOURGET (AFP) – US President Barack Obama pushed Monday for a de-escalation of a furious war of words over Turkeys downing of a Russian warplane, a White House official said.Obama called for an easing of inflamed Russia-Turkey tensions in a closed-door meeting with Russias Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of a climate summit in Paris, the official said.Hours earlier, Turkey sent back to Russia the body of a pilot killed when his plane was shot down by the Turkish air force on November 24 for allegedly violating its air space on the Syrian border, reports said.One of the Russian …read more
Source: Dunya TV
