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24Nov15

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Swedish foreign affairs minister concerned about incident with Russia's jet in Syria

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Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden Margot Wallstrom who is visiting Finland, has raised concerns about the incident with downing of Russia's Sukhoi Su-24 warplane over Syrian territory, Finnish National News Agency FNB reported on Tuesday.

This is just a demonstration how dangerous the region has become where interests of so many countries collided, the Minister said.

The Su-24 frontline bomber of the Russian aviation group in Syria crashed in the Syrian territory earlier on Tuesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the plane was downed by an air-to-air missile launched by a Turkish F-16 fighter.

According to President, at the moment of the attack the Russian Su-24 plane was flying at an altitude of 6,000 meters at a distance of 1 km from the Turkish border. Putin called the incident a "stab in the back" of Russia delivered by "terrorism accomplices."

[Source: Itar Tass, Stockholm, 24Nov15]

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