Kremlin expects Russian journalists in Turkey to be released shortly
The Kremlin expects that the incident with the detention of Russian journalists in Turkey will be settled, and they will be released shortly, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday, according to TASS.
"Our diplomats are in contact with the Turkish side. We expect that this incident will be settled through a dialogue," the spokesman said.
"We expect, we hope that our journalists will be released shortly," Peskov stressed.
"We will be taking whatever action is possible to help the detained Russian journalists," he pledged. Peskov declined to answer the question whether Moscow regarded the incident as an unfriendly move from Turkey. "We continue looking into the circumstances of this detention, the reasons behind it," he noted.