Dmitry Peskov said Washington's demand that Turkey kill a deal for Russia's S-400 anti-aircraft system was 'unacceptable.'
The Kremlin has hit out at the U.S. following Washington’s threats to impose harsh penalties on Turkey if its NATO ally goes ahead with the planned purchase of an anti-aircraft missile system from Russia.
The U.S. is instead demanding that Turkey purchase the American-made Raytheon Patriot missile system, which has a shorter range and offers one interceptor missile, while the S-400 offers four of varying ranges. If it does not, lawmakers could use the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act to apply more pressure.
Regardless, Akar said Turkey was doing nothing wrong in acquiring the S-400. “There is no clause anywhere in the F-35 agreement saying one will be excluded from the partnership for buying S-400s,” he said. “Turkey has paid $1.2 billion. We also produced the parts ordered from us on time. What more can we do as a partner?”
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