Body of Russian pilot to be handed over to Russia, says Turkish PM

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has stated the body of the Russian pilot was brought to Turkey to be handed over to Russia, in a press briefing held at Ankara's airport prior to his departure for the EU-Turkey Summit. 

The body of the pilot, who was downed by Turkish F-16s on Nov. 24, would be prepared in accordance with Orthodox tradition before being handed over to Russia, Davuto?lu said. 

"The pilot who lost his life during the air violation was received by us on the (Syrian) border last night," Davuto?lu told reporters.

He added that a Russian official would "soon" travel to the southern Hatay region on Nov. 29 with a Turkish military official to take possession of the body. 

The Russian embassy in Turkey told  the RIA Novosti news agency that Oleg Peskov's body would be flown on Nov. 29 from Hatay in the presence of Russia's military attache to an aerodrome in Ankara where it would be met by the ambassador.
 
The date and time when the body would be returned to Russia was still to be confirmed, embassy spokesman Igor Mityakov was quoted as saying.

Two Turkish F-16s shot down a Russian jet fighter on Nov. 24 at around 9:20 a.m. near the southern province of Hatay's Yaylada?? district after the plane violated the border between Turkey and Syria, despite being warned multiple times. 

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