The Turkish authorities dream of restoring the Ottoman Empire, but they forget about its fate, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) official representative Maria Zakharova told Izvestia daily newspaper of Russia.

She noted that even though Moscow has endeavored to settle, at the negotiating table, its differences with Ankara, Turkey’s incumbent authorities, to which Russia has “tolerated too long,” thwart everything.

Zakharova added that there is no need to expect a change in Ankara’s position in a foreseeable future, since the Turkish authorities “strain the situation.”

According to the Russian MFA representative, Moscow, on the other hand, has a constructive attitude.