ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he wanted to improve ties with Russia but did not understand what kind of a "first step" Moscow was expecting from Ankara, saying both sides should work together to better their relations.
Erdogan told a press conference in the Aegean city of Izmir that he was concerned at how relations had been sacrificed over what he described as a "pilot error", referring to Turkey's downing last November of a Russian fighter jet which Ankara said had strayed into Turkish airspace.
