Turkey had the right to ground Syrian plane: Russian FM

Turkey was within its rights in grounding a Syrian plane en route from Moscow to Damascus on Oct. 10 in line with the Chicago Convention, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said.

Russia, however, would still like an official explanation of the reasons for the grounding of the plane, Lavrov added.

The civilian airplane was forced to land at Ankara’s Esenboğa Airport late on Oct. 10 on suspicions that the aircraft was transporting weapons in contravention of international civil aviation rules. Turkey