Press TV:
A senior Turkish official says Ankara would not provide the United States with the opportunity to study the advanced Russian-built S-400 air defense missile system, regardless of strong opposition from Washington and warnings that Turkey should not buy the anti-aircraft platform.
“Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has assured Russian Ambassador to Ankara Alexei Yerkhov that there are no talks that Turkey will give the United States the chance to inspect S-400 air defense systems,” Russia’s Sputnik news agency quoted the unnamed official in the Turkish Foreign Ministry as saying on Thursday.
English-language Bloomberg news network, citing two sources, recently reported that Turkey had offered the US to survey the S-400 air defense systems, which Russia is set to deliver in the near future. On November 29, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara would pay either in ruble or lira for the S-400 missile systems.
