The Turkish prime minister said Thursday that the country's army had issued a warning following the Syrian regime's deadly air attack on Turkish troops.
Three Turkish soldiers were martyred and 10 others wounded Thursday in a suspected Syrian regime air attack close to the city of Al-Bab in northern Syria.
In his remarks during an interview on state-run broadcaster TRT, Yildirim said the cause of the attack was being investigated by Turkish officials.
"Our general staff's military contact with related officials is still continuing. The warning has been given to the officials, certainly and clearly, not to repeat the attack."
'Turkey wants to improve relations with Shanghai Cooperation Organization'
Yildirim also addressed Turkey's developing relations with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
Yildirim said that Turkey's relations with the organizations was neither a threat nor a challenge to the European Union.
"The Far East countries including, China, Russia, Middle Asian countries want their relations [with Turkey] to develop, both economically and politically. We also want to improve our relations."
Yildirim added that Turkey had not put forward the idea of being a member of the Eurasian political, economic, and military alliance as a rejection of the EU accession talks.