A Russian warship anchored in the Aegean Sea fired warning shots at a Turkish fishing vessel on Sunday, after, it claimed, sending several warnings that did not deter the ship from coming within 600 meters of the Smetlivy destroyer.

The Turkish ship then changed course, averting a collision.

The Russian Defense Ministry summoned Turkey’s military attaché in Moscow to communicate its “deep concerns” about Turkish “provocations,” and warned about “the potentially disastrous consequences from Ankara’s reckless actions towards Russia’s military contingent fighting against international terrorism in Syria,” according to the Ministry’s statement.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said he would issue a statement later, but emphasized, “We want to solve the tension with dialogue.”

The incident comes on the heels of another complaint earlier this month, when Turkey scolded the Russian ambassador after photos surfaced of what appeared to be a Russian serviceman posing with a rocket launcher as his vessel sailed through Turkish waters. That action would violate the Montreux Convention agreements regulating naval activity in the Bosphorus Straits and Dardanelles Straits, accusations Russia has denied.

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