Turkey still discussing missile defense purchases from U.S., Eurosam

March 23, 2018

Reuters:

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey continues to hold talks with the Franco-Italian Eurosam consortium and the United States to buy missile defense systems, Ankara’s foreign ministry spokesman said on Friday.

In December last year, Turkey and Russia signed an accord for Moscow to supply Ankara with S-400 surface-to-air missile batteries, finalizing a deal set to deepen military ties between NATO member Turkey and the Kremlin.

“The system we are buying from Russia cannot be integrated into NATO systems, but we are maintaining our target to develop a system that is compatible with NATO,” Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hami Aksoy told reporters on Friday…

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