“We will call on our Turkish colleagues for a certain restraint in order to prevent an escalation of tension,” RIA Novosti quotes him.
Lavrentiev noted the need to try to find a peaceful solution to the "Kurdish issue."
He also expressed hope that Turkey could be persuaded to "refrain from using excessive force" in Syria.
Earlier, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar announced the elimination of 184 militants in two days of the Claw-Sword operation in Syria and Iraq.