The body of the pilot killed when Turkey shot down a Russian jet last week was taken to Turkey last night to be handed over to Russia on Moscow's request, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said today.

The body is being treated in accordance with the Orthodox tradition, Davutoglu said in a news conference in Ankara before going to Brussels for a meeting with EU leaders on migration.

Davutoglu said with different coalitions operating in Syria with differing objectives, similar incidents to that of the downing of the Russian jet could happen unless there was information sharing and coordination.

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