Pending an unequivocal Turkish decision to forgo delivery of the S-400, deliveries and activities associated with the stand-up of Turkey’s F-35 operational capability have been suspended” US Department of Defense
Washington says Ankara's decision to buy Russia’s S-400 system was incompatible with remaining part of the emblematic US warplane program.
"Pending an unequivocal Turkish decision to forgo delivery of the S-400, deliveries and activities associated with the stand-up of Turkey's F-35 operational capability have been suspended," Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Mike Andrews, a Department of Defense spokesman, said in a statement. In recent days, US officials told their Turkish counterparts they will not receive further shipments of F-35 related equipment needed to prepare for the arrival of the stealthy jet, two sources familiar with the situation toldTurkish President Tayyip Erdogan has refused to back down from Ankara's planned purchase of a Russian S-400 missile defence system that the United States has said would compromise the security of F-35 aircraft.
The partnership between Washington and the YPG plays another crucial dispute between Turkey and the US. The group is the Syrian branch of the PKK and is considered as a terrorist organisation by both parties and controls one-third of Syrian territory.in March that the United States had a number of items it could withhold in order to send Turkey a signal that the United States was serious about Ankara dropping its ambition to own the S-400.
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