The S-400 air defense system at the Turkish Air Force’s Murdet air base in Ankara in November 2019.
Photographer: Getty Images
Photographer: Getty Images
U.S. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman warned that Turkey could boomerang a Russian air defense system.
“If another country comes to us with a maximalist position and demands, you know, ‘This is my side or the highway,’ then that kind of attitude pushes you in other directions,” Ibrahim Kalin said in Istanbul on Saturday. said an interview.
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The Pentagon says Russia’s S-400 defense missiles could help Russia gather critical intelligence on NATO allies. Turkey disputes this, saying it will not compromise on the missiles unless the US ends its support for Syrian Kurdish fighters allied with Kurdish militants seeking autonomy in southeastern Turkey.
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“The US side needs to understand Turkey’s national security interests,” Kalin said. “We want to see concrete action from our allies.”
– Assisted by Simin Demokan