Ankara says it has not made any request for NATO military forces to be sent to Turkey, as a row with Russia over reported Turkish air space violations by Russian jets seems to be cooling down.

Turkey’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Tanju Bilgic made the announcement during a press briefing in the capital, Ankara, on Friday.

NATO’s chief also recently said that the Western military alliance was prepared to send forces to defend Turkey.

“NATO is ready and able to defend all allies, including Turkey, against any threats,” NATO’s Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters before a meeting in Brussels on Thursday.

When things looked bad

Turkey had accused Russian aircraft of violating its airspace twice over the past days.

According to the Turkish Foreign Ministry, two Turkish F-16 war planes scrambled on Saturday after a Russian jet fighter crossed into Turkish airspace near the southern province of Hatay.

In a second incident on Monday, not confirmed by Russia, Ankara said a MiG-29 combat aircraft had harassed two of its F-16s by locking its radar on them as they were patrolling the border.

Following the first incident, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said the jet had accidentally entered Turkish airspace while returning to its base “for several seconds” due to weather conditions on Saturday.

Konashenkov added that Moscow had taken measures aimed at preventing “any such incidents in the future.”

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu also said Russian Ambassador to Ankara Andrey Karlov had informed him that the incident was a mistake.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently warned Russia against losing Ankara’s “friendship.”

Erdogan issued the warning in Belgium during a press conference alongside Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel on Tuesday.

“If Russia loses a friend like Turkey, with whom it has a lot of cooperation, it is going to lose a lot of things. It needs to know this,” he said.

Russia began its military campaign against terrorist groups in Syria on September 30 upon a request from the Damascus government.

‘Concern about more refugees’

In his Friday remarks, Bilgic, the Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman, expressed concern about a potential uptick in the influx of refugees from Syria.

“With Russia’s air operations in recent weeks, there is naturally the potential for a wave of migrants to emerge. We are concerned about that,” he said.