Bloomberg:
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cited Turkey’s reliance on Russian gas supplies and income from its tourists as he ruled out scrapping a purchased Russian missile-defense system, saying his country wants to be friends with both Moscow and Washington.
After meeting Donald Trump in the White House, Erdogan told Turkish reporters on Wednesday that he had expressed his readiness to address the U.S. Congress to ease its concerns over Turkey’s plan to deploy the S-400 missile batteries.
Below are some of his comments:
