Turkey and US establish working group on S-400s



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By establishing a joint working group United States – Turkey, on the purchase of Russian S-400 anti-missile systems from Anchor announced the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Mevlüt Tsavousoglu.

The acquisition of S-400 that constitutes key point of friction of the two countries, and while the Washington has passed legislation that establishes impose sanctions on the Turkish side and specifically to the detriment of his presidency Turkish Defense Industry (SSB), of chief of and three other officials.

According to Tsavousoglou, Experts from the two countries are negotiating the responsibilities of the joint working group, which has yet to be formed.

The Turkish side proposed the formation of a working group. «Now the proposal came from U.S. “And since, of course, we always prefer dialogue, we said ‘yes’ and negotiations began at the expert level.” He said Tsavousoglou, during a meeting on Turkey’s foreign policy in 2020.

Tsavousoglu claimed that his American counterpart Mike pompeo he had shown interest in creating such a group. “In our meeting with him Pompeo “We said that our proposal was still valid and the Americans asked us to work together on the issue.” In all cases, they have taken advantage of it, despite obstacles we can hardly imagine. “ “Attack on sovereign rights” of Turkey.

The topic was also discussed in a meeting Tsavousoglou with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergei lavrov, which met on Tuesday at Sochi. At the meeting, Tsavousoglu spoke of “illegal US sanctions and added that the agreement has already been signed. “We will not stop” He noted, noting that his country is willing to solve these problems through dialogue.

Turkey insists it needs them S-400 strengthen its defense capabilities, while the US side insists that its possession is incompatible with the NATO systems, while endangering the F-35s.

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