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Russia’s foreign minister cancels his trip to Turkey after jet downing

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov listens during a press conference at the Grand Hotel in Vienna, Austria October 30, 2015. The United States disclosed plans on Friday to station the first American boots on the ground in Syria in the war against Islamic State fighters, saying dozens of special forces troops would be sent as advisers to groups fighting against the jihadists. REUTERS/Brendan Smialowski/Pool?

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday he would not visit Turkey as planned on Nov. 25 following Turkey's downing of a Russian fighter jet.

Lavrov, speaking to reporters in the southern Russian city of Sochi, advised Russians not to visit Turkey and said the threat of terrorism there was the no less than in Egypt, where a bomb attack brought down a Russian passenger plane last month.

 (Reporting by Olesya Astakhova; Writing by Jack Stubbs; Editing by Christian Lowe)

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