Moscow, Ankara to discuss deploying air defense systems to Turkey

November 8, 2016

Daily Sabah:

Russia and Turkey are planning to convene to set an intergovernmental military-technical cooperation commission before the end of the year, a Russian military official said on Monday.

Speaking to Interfax, Alexandr Fomin, the Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, said the most important topic on the meeting’s agenda was the deployment of an air defense system to Turkey.

Fomin stressed that a decision over a possible deployment of an air defense system to Turkey could be taken at the commission meeting.

In October, Turkish foreign ministry sources said that Ankara was ready to accept an offer from Russia for a Turkish tender to build long-range air defense systems.

Russian official added that the upcoming meeting…

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