LIVE: Lavrov to meet Turkish Peoples’ Democratic leader - Protocol

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is due to meet leader of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party Selahattin Demirtas in Moscow on Wednesday, December 23. The visit is taking place during a diplomatic crisis between Turkey and Russia after a Turkish fighter jet downed a Russian Su-24 on November 24. One pilot, Oleg Peshkov, was killed in the incident and a marine, Alexander Pozynich, was subsequently killed during a failed rescue mission to locate the pilot. Video on Demand:
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