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Turkey won’t drop either S-400 or Patriot missile systems: MFA

26 April 2019 16:21 (UTC +04:00)

Turkey doesn’t intend to forgo purchasing the Russian S-400 Triumf missile systems or the US talks on possible delivery of the MIM-104 Patriot missile systems, Turkish Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hami Aksoy told reporters at a briefing on Friday, ONA reports citing TASS.

"We have no intention of claiming that we will not purchase the Patriot systems. The same goes for the S-400 issue. Despite the fact that Washington made a rather late Patriot offer, the talks are continuing," he said.

According to Aksoy, at the moment "Turkish pilots are successfully continuing to get trained to operate the US fifth-generation F-35 jet fighters."