Makdessi: Turkish Jet Downed in Our Space, Syrian Sovereignty Sacrosanct
The spokesman for the Syrian Foreign Ministry Jihad Makdessi said that the Syrian downing to the Turkish jet came as a response to the military aircraft blatant violation of his country's sovereignty.
In a press conference held on Monday, Makdessi said that "what happened was a blatant violation of Syrian sovereignty according to international law."
He also highlighted the Turkish statements that admitted the violation of Syrian airspace and territorial waters, and denounced the Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu claims as " baseless and inaccurate".
In response to Davutoglu's statement that the aircraft wasn't alerted, Makedessi stressed that "the Syrian anti-air defenses operate automatically in such cases."
"Even if the unidentified aircraft was Syrian, it would have been shot down in the same manner," he added.
Makdessi pointed out that the Syrian anti-aircraft defense used a land-based anti-aircraft machinegun with a maximum range of 2.5 kilometers, and that the wreckage found by the Syrian authorities and delivered to the Turkish side with an official record shows holes in the tail-end of the plane.
"Had the aircraft been over territorial waters, we would have used missiles, not a land-based anti-aircraft machinegun with a maximum range of 2.5 kilometers... all of this confirms the falsity of the allegations that the aircraft was shot down outside Syrian territorial waters," he said.
The Syrian official also unveiled that "Damascus suggested to Ankara to form a joint military technical committee to visit the site of the incident in Lattakia to inspect the reality of what happened."
"However, the Turkish side didn't respond up," he said and added that "the rescue operations are ongoing with coordination between the two sides, which resulted in finding the wreckage and delivering it to the Turkish side, but unfortunately the pilots have not been found."
He stressed that "there's still considerable friendliness between the Syrian and Turkish people despite the sly practices of the Turkish government."
On the Turkish government's call for holding a NATO meeting, Makdessi stated: "the NATO is supposed to be an organization whose aim is to preserve security and stability and if the meeting is convened with such good intentions, then Syria wishes them success."
"We heard previous statements made by the NATO that they have no intention of military intervention in Syria. If the aim of the meeting is aggressive in nature, I want to reassure everyone that the Syrian territories, waters and airspace are sacrosanct for the Syrian army," he affirmed.
Source: SANA, Edited by moqawama.org
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