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| Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has apologised for the downing of a Russian military jet on the Turkey-Syria border, a Kremlin spokesman said. | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has apologised for the downing of a Russian military jet on the Turkey-Syria border, a Kremlin spokesman said. |
| Mr Erdogan sent a message to President Vladimir Putin expressing "sympathy and deep condolences" to the family of the killed pilot, the spokesman said. | Mr Erdogan sent a message to President Vladimir Putin expressing "sympathy and deep condolences" to the family of the killed pilot, the spokesman said. |
| Turkey had angered Moscow by failing to apologise for the incident in November. | Turkey had angered Moscow by failing to apologise for the incident in November. |
| Russia responded by imposing trade sanctions and suspending Russian package tours to Turkey. | Russia responded by imposing trade sanctions and suspending Russian package tours to Turkey. |
| Mr Putin said at the time the restrictions would not be lifted until Russia received an apology. | Mr Putin said at the time the restrictions would not be lifted until Russia received an apology. |
| Mr Erdogan spoke of his deep regret for what happened and said he wanted to restore relations, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. | |
| "The letter states, in particular, that Russia is a friend to Turkey and a strategic partner, with which the Turkish authorities would not wish to spoil relations," Mr Peskov said. | |
| Turkey has not yet commented on the Kremlin's statement. | |
| The Russian Su-24, an all-weather attack aircraft, was shot down by Turkish F-16s in the Turkey-Syria border area on 24 November. | |
| The plane crashed in the mountainous Jabal Turkmen area of the Syrian province of Latakia, killing the pilot. | |
| The navigator in the jet, Capt Konstantin Murakhtin, survived the crash and was taken to Russia's Hmeimim airbase in Latakia by Syrian government forces. | |
| A Russian involved in a helicopter rescue attempt was also killed when the helicopter came under fire. | |
| Turkey said planes were warned 10 times during five minutes via an "emergency" channel and asked to change direction. | |
| The Russian defence ministry insisted that the aircraft remained within Syria's borders throughout its mission and did not violate Turkish airspace and received no warnings. |