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“Our policy on the S-400 case has not changed,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said at a news conference Wednesday night.
“Russian S-400 systems cannot be integrated with NATO military equipment and threaten the security of alliance technology and go against Turkey’s obligations as a NATO member,” Price added.
And the United States has previously expressed strong opposition to Turkey’s tests of S-400 missile systems, considering that such operations contradict the Turkish side’s obligations within the framework of NATO, and Washington has threatened Ankara with taking new ones. measures against him after he previously excluded him from the combat project.F-35 “.
Sources previously informed US agency “Bloomberg” on Tuesday that Turkey had indicated that it could make concessions to the United States on “S-400” systems in exchange for reducing US support for the Kurds.
“Bloomberg” quoted Turkish officials, who requested anonymity, to say that the Turkish government is willing to make concessions, such as the use of Russian “S-400” systems on a limited scale, because it seeks to ensure the supply of spare parts for its systems. weapons made in the United States and to avoid economic damage.
On December 14, the United States imposed sanctions on Turkey for the purchase and testing of these systems, under the law that punishes countries that cooperate with their opponents known as “Katsa,” which was signed in 2017 by former US President Donald Trump. .
The sanctions were directed at the Turkish Defense Industries Corporation and its president, Ismail Demir, and stipulated to prevent the issuance of licenses to export products to this body, in addition to freezing the assets of the personalities on whom the restrictive measures were imposed. in United States.
Russia condemned this step and said it is a new example for the United States to ignore international law and use unilateral measures to force others to follow Washington’s demands.
