Turkish military: We did not know jet's nationality

The Turkish military has said that they have been in contact with the Russian defence attaches and have told their Russian counterparts that they were unaware of the nationality of the jet when they issued the warnings. The military said they told the attaches that they implemented the rules of engagement when the jet did not heed their warnings. In an attempt to ensure the crisis does not become a full-blown diplomatic row, the military said they have been in contact with military authorities in Moscow and "expressed readiness for cooperation". Turkish military told Russian attaches Turkey made utmost effort to find and rescue the Russian pilots. #Russia pic.twitter.com/gQ7KISmYVL — CNN Türk ENG (@CNNTURK_ENG) November 25, 2015 For anyone who understands Turkish, here is a screenshot of the press release: Genel Kurmay Başkanlığımızın açıklaması, yaşanan hadiseyi ve süreci özetliyor: pic.twitter.com/EG07rGdlOr — Ibrahim Kalin (@ikalin1) November 25, 2015 Here is a brief paraphrasing of what the above means (with thanks to Daily Sabah): 1. Regarding the downing of the SU-24 jet that belongs to the Russian Federation, Russian military attaché and army attaché have been invited to the headquarters of the general staff on November 24 and 25 to inform officials on Turkey's downing of a Russian Su-24 warplane at the Syrian border and to answer their questions regarding the incident 2. These are what was discussed: a) That we warned the jet but did not know its nationality b) We were insistent and gave 10 warnings and received no answer but when a plane violates our airspace, we invoked the rules of engagement c) The Turkish military and state sought to find and rescue the two pilots d) We gave answers to all questions asked and the Russian side understood the rules and how the radar was used and Turkey made clear it was ready to share any information e) Separately, earlier meetings held with the Russian side expressed the sensitivity of Turkey regarding compliance with the rules of engagement, that the nationality of the plane was not known and that because the plane was warned and came near to Turkish airspace, the rules of engagement were automatically used 3. This information was passed to Moscow military authorities on the phone and expressed readiness for "all kinds of cooperation".