The S-400 air defense system from the Murdet air base of the Turkish Air Force in Ankara in November 2019.
Photographer: Getty Images
Photographer: Getty Images
The American demands that Turkey give up a Russian air defense system could boomerang, warned the spokesman of the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
“If another country comes to us with a position and demands a maximalist position, you know, ‘It’s either my road or the highway,’ then this kind of attitude pushes you in other directions,” Ibrahim Kalin said in an interview in Istanbul. Saturday.
Interview with Turkish President Kalin’s spokesman: excerpts
The Pentagon says Russia’s S-400 missiles could help Russia gather critical information about NATO allies. Turkey denies this and has said it will not compromise on missiles unless the US ends its support for Syrian Kurdish fighters affiliated with Kurdish militants seeking autonomy in southeastern Turkey.
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“The US side needs to understand Turkey’s national security interests,” Kalin said. “We want to see concrete actions by our allies.”
– With the assistance of Simin Demokan