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Turkey says US missile deal does not affect S-400 purchase from Russia

Published: 24 Dec 2018 - 07:51 pm | Last Updated: 12 Nov 2021 - 03:49 am
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AFP

Ankara: Ankara's purchase of US missiles worth $3.5 billion will not affect a deal to acquire rival S-400 missiles from Russia, the Turkish presidential spokesman said Monday.

"The US Patriot sale process does not affect the S-400 process. We don't see one as an alternative for the other," Ibrahim Kalin said. Turkey's plans to buy the Russian S-400s has drawn rebuke from its NATO allies.