KABUL: President of Russia Vladimir Putin in a telephone conversation with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev, has apologized for the downing of an Azerbaijani plane in Russian airspace.
Putin told Aliyef that this Azerbaijani plane was trying to land in Grozny city at the same time as the Russian defense operation.
The TASS news agency quoted Kremlin as saying that Putin expressed his condolences to the families of the victims.
It should be mentioned that last Wednesday, an Azerbaijani plane crashed in Kazakhstan, killing about half of the passengers.
It is said that this plane was shot down by the Russian Air Force.