Turkey Pushes Macron to Allow Purchase of Missile System

September 25, 2020

Turkey approached France to procure European-made air defense systems, Turkish officials familiar with the matter said.

In a phone call earlier this week, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, to drop his opposition to co-production of Eurosam’s SAMP/T missile-defense systems, the officials said, asking not to be named, because the discussion was private. Macron responded by saying that Turkey must clarify its objectives in Syria before deployment of European-made systems could be considered, according to an Elysee official, who also asked not to be named…

 

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