Turkey retracts compensation offer for downed Russian SU-24

Ankara will not pay compensation to Russia over the downing of a fighter jet last year and has only expressed regret over the incident, the Turkish PM Binali Yildirim said.

"Compensating Russia is not on the table, we have only expressed our regrets," CNN-Turk cited Yildirim as saying, hours after he said Ankara was ready to offer compensation for the incident that shattered ties between the two countries.   "I think we have reached an understanding on this affair. We will put this incident behind us and continue on our path," he added.