ANKARA
Turkish Minister of National Defense Ismet Yilmaz has rejected Al Arabiya television channel's claims on the Turkish jet downed by Syria.
Yilmaz told a press conference on Tuesday that the claims were not correct by no means and the information Turkish authorities provided were accurate and far from contradiction. He added that there had been a disinformation on the issue.
Responding a question on lack of a correction brief, Yilmaz said that even a correction brief would hurt some people.
Yilmaz said that the authorities would give incomplete information but would never give false information. He said that all the information the General Staff and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs gave were correct and consistent, adding that necessary explanations would be done when needed.
On a question whether a new investigation would be launched on the issue, Yilmaz said that the Foreign Ministry was investigating the claims.
A Turkish fighter jet was downed by Syria in international airspace on June 22.
An Al Arabiya report claimed that the two pilots of the jet were captured alive by the Syrian forces who then executed them and threw their bodies into the sea.
