
“Yes, the idea of a joint operation is still on table,” the minister said replying to a query, adding that “despite a crisis in relations with Russia, Turkey at that time had continued calling for mutual fight against the IS.”
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“We all know where IS militants are located. We have always encouraged amassing joint operations against them,” Cavusoglu said. “The Turkish Air Force will in the future take a more active part in operations against the Islamic State as part of the international coalition,” he pledged.
The diplomat did mention problems with the use of Turkey’s Incirlik Air Base by coalition planes as a result of the recent aborted coup, saying “they all have been solved now.”
Relations between Moscow and Ankara soured after an F-16 fighter jet from the Turkish Air Force shot down a Russian Su-24M bomber on November 24, 2015, which was on an anti-terror mission over Syria. On Tuesday, August 9, Russian and Turkish presidents, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan held their first talks, resetting relations after an 8-month freeze.

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