Erdogan warns Russia not to destroy friendship with Turkey after incursions


  • World
  • Tuesday, 06 Oct 2015

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a news conference after the NATO Force Integration Unit inauguration in Vilnius, Lithuania, September 3, 2015. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan warned Russia on Tuesday that it would lose a lot if it destroyed its friendship with Ankara and said Turkey would not remain patient in the face of violations of its air space by Russian warplanes.

"An attack on Turkey means an attack on NATO," Erdogan told a joint news conference in Brussels with the Belgian prime minister.

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