Turkey has the right to defend itself and its airspace, President Barack Obama said following Turkey's shooting down of a Russian plane that it claimed had flown over its territory.
The plane incident "points to an ongoing problem with the Russian operations," the President said in a joint news conference with French President Francois Hollande at the White House on Tuesday.
It's important that Russia and Turkey are in contact with one another to "take measures to discourage any kind of escalation," Obama said, adding that he expects to speak with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the coming days to discuss the incident.
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