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DUBAI | Sun Jun 24, 2012 2:58am EDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian foreign minister Ali Akbar Salehi urged Turkey and Syria late on Saturday to show restraint following Syria's downing of a Turkish warplane, his ministry said.

In a telephone conversation with Turkish foreign minister Ahmed Davutoglu, Salehi said he hoped the two sides would "settle the issue peacefully to maintain regional stability," read a statement on the Iranian foreign ministry's website.

Iran has supported Syrian president Bashar al-Assad since anti-government protests erupted across the country early last year and grew into an armed uprising.

Syria shot down a Turkish plane over the Mediterranean on Friday. According to a Syrian military account, the aircraft was flying fast and low, just one kilometer off the Syrian coast when it was hit.

Signals from both sides suggest neither want a military confrontation over the incident and the countries have started a joint search for the missing airmen.

(Reporting By Marcus George; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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LynCe wrote:
Downing a neighboring country’s plane in international airspace? Nail his Assad. And what does Bashar do? Why, reshuffle his cabinet of course.

Jun 24, 2012 4:55am EDT  --  Report as abuse
usa.wi.vet.4q wrote:
Wow Iran giving advice on restraint. I would say that means we should kick Assad very hard now. Whatever Iran wants means we should do the opposite. Imagine a regime talking about wiping a nation off the map due to their religous beliefs asking for restraint. Maybe too much inbreeding?

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