Turkey says it will not turn back from S-400 missile deal with Russia despite US suspension of Ankara from the F-35 fighter-jet programme
Turkey will not turn back from a major arms deal with Russia despite the US suspension of Ankara from the F-35 fighter-jet programme, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday.
The US said on Monday that it was halting shipment of F-35 parts to Turkey as well as joint manufacturing work due to Ankara's purchase of the S-400 missile defence system from Russia.Cavusoglu said Turkey turned to Russia as it could not buy US Patriot missiles and quoted President Donald Trump as saying in an unspecified phone call that his predecessor Barack Obama had made a "mistake" not to sell the system to Ankara.
US policymakers worry that Russia will obtain data from the F-35s to hone the ability of the S-400 to shoot down Western planes.Cavusoglu said the S-400 system would be separate from NATO infrastructure in Turkey with no linkages to the F-35s.
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