On Wednesday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Tanju Bilgiç denied allegations made by Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov that Turkey asked Russia to form a joint working group to coordinate the latter's air strikes in Syria. "In the context of meetings held by our ministry and military authorities with Russian authorities, any facilitation of a joint working group was not brought to the agenda," he said.

Speaking to Russian news agencies on Tuesday, Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov claimed that the Turkish Defense Ministry proposed to Russia on Tuesday setting up a joint working group to coordinate actions and prevent incidents regarding Russian operations in Syria. According to Konashenkov, the Russian military attache in Istanbul was summoned on Tuesday to the Turkish Defense Ministry to discuss the issue.

"During the meeting, Turkish military officials proposed the creation of a joint working group with Russian counterparts to coordinate the actions and prevent possible incidents related to the combat operations of the Russian air force aimed at destroying ISIS in Syria," Konashenkov said. Along with that, Bilgiç said Turkish military officials are "ready to meet" with their Russian counterparts "to hear their explanations about violations and the measures they are taking to prevent a repeat of similar incidents." Bilgiç also said the Russian ambassador in Turkey was summoned for a third day for further discussions on two weekend incidents of air space violations by Russian jets.

Meanwhile, U.S. Department of State Deputy Spokesperson Mark Toner said Turkey could also participate in talks that have been held by U.S. and Russian officials since last week for establishing measures to avoid accidents of warplanes flying over Syria. Referring to talks held with Russia, he said: "That may be one possible platform to do that in. I'm not discounting it. There may be a bilateral platform for Turkey to pursue with Russia as well." Moscow has said it will work to avert potential mishaps between Russian and U.S. pilots flying missions over Syria, Pentagon officials said Tuesday. U.S. and Russian officials held discussions last week -- at Russia's request -- on establishing measures to avoid accidents so warplanes flying over Syria would not be in the same place at the same time.