MOSCOW, November 25. /TASS/. The Russian government is not discussing food embargo against Turkey, a source with the cabinet told TASS.

"The food embargo with regard to products from Turkey is not discussed by the government," - the source told the agency when answering a question about the consequences of the recent incident.

On Tuesday, a Su-24M frontline bomber of the Russian aviation group in Syria crashed in the Syrian territory. The plane was downed by an air-to-air missile launched by a Turkish F-16 fighter.

Later on Tuesday, Russia’s Foreign Ministry and the Federal Tourism Agency recommended Russian citizens refrain from travelling to Turkey due to security threats.

On Wednesday, Minister of Agriculture Alexander Tkachev said that Russia may substitute import of vegetables from Turkey with those supplied from Iran, Israel, Morocco and other countries if needed.