BREAKING NEWS: Minister Akar’s Statement on S-400



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The Minister of National Defense, Hulusi Akar, and the Chief of the General Staff, General Yaşar Güler, went to Kayseri with the force commanders.

The Kayseri Officers Club in the campaign of the Ministry of Education under the Ministry of National Defense supplied the tablets of the families of the martyrs and veterans in the distribution, thus Speaking at the ceremony, Akar said that since the settlement with Turkey in the region and the world, all problems by peaceful means.

Akar expressed his belief that the problems in the Aegean, the eastern Mediterranean and Cyprus should also be solved through dialogue, saying: “We are struggling to achieve this. In this context, our talks with our neighbor Greece continue. Despite all our constructive approaches, unfortunately, we also found some negative statements, actions and harassment. This threatening language and harassment are unacceptable and lead nowhere. It should be seen that the greatest harm from arms efforts, as well as threatening language, provocation and attempts to increase tension will be for the Greek people. “

GREEK ABUSE IN AEGEAN

Akar recalled the harassment of the Greek F-16s against the ship TCG Çeşme conducting scientific research in the Aegean and said:

“This has given the necessary answers to. We express once again that it is against this attitude of good neighborly relations. In addition, Greece, Turkey strives to bring the problems of Turkey-EU or US-Turkey becomes a problem. This is neither legal nor moral. We expressly insist that we do not have an eye on anyone, law, land, water, but we never renounce our own rights. We are determined, determined and able to protect our rights, interests and interests in our blue homeland, including Cyprus. continues “.

“OUR LETTER HAS NOT YET BEEN ANSWERED”

Mites, considering the developments in recent years to give it more importance than any other country in Turkey’s defense industry and clearly stating seen the need to be strong in this area, “what we buy from outside, including domestic facilities and from our military, our weapons systems and capabilities that we are trying to improve every day. ” saying.

Faced with the increasing risks and threats to Turkey, emphasizing that it becomes the need to provide Akar air defense systems, he said:

“In this context, we wanted to buy Patriot from the US and SAMP-T from France-Italy, but this was not possible for various reasons. After this, we bought S-400 air defense systems from Russia that met the conditions. we wanted. The S-400 is a national problem. Turkey has used its sovereignty right with this choice. “Although the opportunities for Turkey in the last 10 years, the Patriot purchase of the S-400 takes it, select” phrases of direction, reality not reflect. For 10 years we have emphasized our proposal presented to the US side, technological cooperation, premature delivery and have not received sufficient and adequate responses for our reasonable price expectations. The letter we wrote to our interlocutors for the Troubleshooting has not yet been answered.

“WE ARE READY TO SEE”

Recalling that they have repeatedly stated that they are ready to address the technical concern of the US, Akar said:

“We say this to insist: the S-400 defense system is used when the threat and danger are necessary. If you do not intend an offensive against Turkey, one does not harm. The systems of Russian origin members of NATO in some countries If the S-300 and how used we are also S-400 ‘Our objective is the missile and the air defense of our country and our 84 million citizens We will use the S-400 independently of the NATO system. Technical solutions are possible, our joint working group proposal, in which NATO can also participate, is on the table, we are ready to negotiate. The question of the S-400, especially the F-35 to our country through implementation of a series of restrictions, not in accordance with the spirit of alliance. Turkey, NATO and the United States are a strong and strategic ally. United States with the two countries, NATO and the region and for the benefit of the world We believe that there are things that we can Do together “.

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