Turkish President gave an interview to television channel TV24, which he reported about the expectations from the military-technical cooperation with Moscow. Recall, on the eve of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, that Turkey is "tired of waiting for" the approval of the US supply of air and missile defense systems, and therefore I decided to sign a lucrative contract with Russia on Russia's credit funds. According to the head of Turkey, Russia could organize cooperation with Turkish companies for the production of advanced anti-aircraft missile complexes.
Now Erdogan clarifies, about any complexes in question. According to him, he invited the Russian Federation to work together to assemble the C-500 ("Prometheus"). On the possible modalities of such cooperation, Turkish President not reported.
At the same time, Erdogan made a statement about the threats from the United States. We are talking about the US Sanctions package CAATSA, which involves the introduction of sanctions against those companies, which carry military technical interaction with the Russian Federation. Also, Erdogan said, that NATO is trying to convince Turkey that, that purchased from the Russian S-400 will not be able to integrate into the NATO air and missile defense system.
Erdogan,:
And why in this case integrated into the NATO air defense system at the time we were able to S-300 in Greece? Why they are silent on the matter. Our industry has its own needs, and we will do everything, to meet them.
Recall, Greece is the only NATO country, which has Russian S-300. Turkey may become the only NATO country, which will have S-400.
In the US, it is claimed, it is actually equivalent to, if Kazakhstan acquired American Patriot, referring to the partnership in NATO and partnership in the CSTO, which (CSTO) , as it appears, considered as a certain counterbalance.
