Russia considers the US’s stance on supply of S-400 missile systems to Turkey as a blackmail, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said, RIA Novosti reports.
FM Lavrov comments on US stance on supply of S-400 Russian missile systems to Turkey
STEPANAKERT, APRIL 20, ARTSAKHPRESS:Earlier Wess Mitchell, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, said Ankara may face sanctions under CAATSA after purchase of the S-400 missile systems from Russia.
“Mitchell’s statement according to which Ankara may face sanctions if it buys S-400 systems, is an example of a typical blackmail”, Lavrov said.
The Russian FM said the NATO chief recently said that Turkey’s decision to buy S-400 systems is its national decision.