Turkey: We're ready to go to Syria; Russia: That's unlikely

Turkey: We're ready to go to Syria; Russia: That's unlikely

“I do not think that anyone will decide to play dangerous games and carry out any provocations due to the fact that there are Russian Aerospace Forces stationed,” Lavrov said "when asked about the possibility of a Turkish or Saudi Arabian incursion," RT is reporting.

He also "stressed it’s necessary to educate, those who are trying to advocate a military invasion because it would be a direct aggression,” according to Sputnik.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told Al-Jazeera on Wednesday his country was ready to send ground troops to Syria “if it becomes necessary... to provide for our own security.”

Lavrov also said that "a third party tried to manipulate the U.S. into shielding terrorists from the Al-Nusra Front group in Syria," RT reported, quoting him as saying:

“During the negotiations, our U.S. partners actually tried to draw the borders of this ‘zone of silence’ to include a significant portion of positions occupied by Al-Nusra. We managed to exclude this as absolutely unacceptable. This indicates that someone wants to use the Americans. I do not believe that it is in their interest to shield Al-Nusra."