“It is with deep sadness that I learned about the deaths of the Turkish and Russian crews in the tragic plane crash that took place during the extinguishing of a fire in Kahramanmaras.
We express our condolences to the Turkish and Russian people.
Their heroic sacrifices will not be forgotten! "
- wrote Cavusoglu in Russian in his Twiter.
On August 14, a Be-200 amphibious aircraft of the Russian Ministry of Defense crashed while landing in the vicinity of the settlement of Adana in Turkey.
There were eight people on board: five Russian servicemen and three representatives of Turkey.
All eight people on board the Be-200 were killed.