“There may be several kinds of coalition. First is coordination, which is a necessity, but we’re willing to take things further, to jointly plan strikes against ISIL. For that purpose, we could create a joint general headquarters together with France, the US and all other countries willing to join the coalition,” Orlov told Europe 1 radio.
In response to a question of whether Moscow would agree on Turkey’s participation in such a coalition, Orlov said “if they want to, of course we would be grateful to them.”
On Tuesday, a Russian Su-24 jet crashed in Syria. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the plane was downed by an air-to-air missile launched by a Turkish F-16 jet over Syrian territory, and fell 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) from the Turkish border. Putin described the Turkish attack as a "stab in the back" carried out by "accomplices of terrorists."
