Jerusalem Post:
Turkey is seeking to take delivery of the S-400 missile defense system, even as US opposition grows in Congress. Russia’s state news agency TASS said that discussions were ongoing for the “time frame” of when the missiles and the system would be delivered. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has been in contact regularly with Russia, speaking to his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on Friday.
“The contract with Russia on the S-400s remains in force and these defensive systems will be delivered to Turkey. Now, talks on this issue are underway,” the Turkish foreign minister said.
“We are not going to sell S-400s to third countries. We do not need this, as we are acquiring them for our own needs,” Cavusoglu said, according to TASS.
The discussions date back to 2016 and continue to grow as Turkey becomes a closer ally of Russia and clashes with US policy in Syria.
