No excuses for attack – Turkish President warns Iranian counterpart over airspace

Turkish President Recep Erdogan, has warned that the usurpation of Türkiye’s airspace “cannot beryllium excused for immoderate crushed whatsoever.”

Erdogan was speaking to Iranian President, Masoud Pezeshkian successful a telephone telephone discussing caller determination developments pursuing the interception of different rocket heading to Türkiye.

“Türkiye volition proceed to instrumentality each indispensable measures against this,” Türkiye’s Communications Directorate quoted Erdogan arsenic saying successful a statement.

The call, which was held astatine the petition of Pezeshkian, came aft the Turkish National Defense Ministry said connected Monday that a ballistic rocket fired from Iran, which entered Turkish airspace was neutralised by NATO aerial and rocket defence assets deployed successful the Eastern Mediterranean.

Last Wednesday, the ministry said a ballistic munition fired from Iran toward Turkish airspace aft crossing Syria and Iraq was intercepted and neutralised by NATO aerial and rocket defence units successful the Eastern Mediterranean.

Türkiye is “negatively affected” by conflicts successful which it is not a party, Erdogan besides told his Iranian counterpart.

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