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Al-Monitor: Erdogan will have a hard time explaining to the opposition, why the S-400 is not deployed near Idlib

Al-Monitor: Erdogan will have a hard time explaining to the opposition, why the S-400 is not deployed near Idlib
In the English edition of Al-Monitor, coverage of events in the Middle East, published an article, dedicated to the postponement of the commissioning of Russian anti-aircraft missile systems S-400 in Turkey. The author of the material, Metin Gurjan, believes, that the postponement of the combat deployment of the S-400 air defense system should not be associated with a pandemic, but with other problems and causes.

Gurjan writes about these problems and causes.:

When Russia began supplying S-400 air defense systems to Turkey last summer, NATO member country was almost in a festive mood. Then television channels broadcast live the arrival of transport aircraft at the Ankara airbase. Around the same time, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced, that the systems will come into effect in April 2020 of the year. Missiles arrived by sea in December, and Ankara has already tested the systems. In January, Air Force officers, Trained in Russia in operating systems, were formally appointed to new posts.
But in April, the S-400 will not be put on combat duty in Turkey. According to Metin Gurjan, if the delay was due to coronavirus, why didn’t it interfere with Turkish operations in Iraq and Syria??

The browser believes, that the reason is at least in Turkey’s economic problems.

from the article:

Ankara has already applied to the US Federal Reserve to conclude a currency swap transaction, wanting to get up 10 billions of dollars amid declining foreign exchange reserves. Due to internal political problems, Ankara does not want to seek help from the International Monetary Fund.
In Turkey, as Gurjan writes, acute shortage of liquid currency has proved itself. The author believes, Erdogan hopes for help from Trump, who "is his only ally in Washington".

from the article:

Finally, there is an internal front of Turkey. S-400 Activation Currently Risking Opposition Pressure – to transfer systems to the Syrian border to protect Turkish forces in Idlib. About 22 thousand. Turkish troops are currently deployed on 56 outposts on the border with Idlib and in Idlib itself. In fact, they are now deprived of any protection against medium-range missiles, as well as missiles “air-ground”, and this has already led to death 61 soldier since the end of February.
Gurjan writes, that it will be difficult for President Erdogan to explain to the opposition, why the S-400 and its missiles are “stored in Ankara, and do not participate in deployment on the border with Syria ". But if Erdogan throws the S-400 closer to Idlib, this will cause a serious conflict with Moscow.

Posted by Al-Monitor:

That is why Erdogan decided to postpone the combat deployment of the S-400 air defense system - this will avoid problems with the United States, and crisis in domestic politics.

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