Turkey Buys Different Fighter Jets, if U.S. Doesn’t Transfer F-35 to Ankara – Mevlut Cavusoglu
ANKARA, (BM) – Turkey will buy fighter jets from different place, if Washington doesn`t transfer F-35 to Ankara, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, according Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu statement in a live broadcast of the TGRT television channel on Monday.
Read more: ‘It is Not Fair’ That Washington Cannot Sell Ankara F-35 Fighter Jets, Donald Trump Said
“We treat seriously the production of national armaments. But the F-35s are new technologies and that is why we contributed $1.4 billion and became partners in the program of their development. However, if they do not transfer them to us, we will meet our requirements for fighter jets in a different place: this was the case with S-400 systems as well,” Mevlut Cavusoglu said.
Turkey is ready to take counter-measures, if the United States imposes sanctions over the delivery of Russian-made S-400 air defense missile systems, Cavusoglu added.
“If the United States takes measures against us, we will respond with counter-measures. Of course, we would like our relations to continue as two NATO partners. But if they display a hostile attitude towards us, we will take counter-measures,” he said.
According to Cavusoglu, S-400s are more advanced air defense systems compared to US Patriot surface-to-air missile launchers.
“The Russian-made S-400s are more advanced air defense systems compared to the American Patriots,” the Turkish foreign minister said. According to Cavusoglu, Ankara plans “to deploy S-400 surface-to-air missile systems before 2020.” Meanwhile, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar earlier said that the deployment of S-400s would begin in October 2019.
Read more: Turkey Has Released a Turkish-Language Advertisement of the Russian 5th Generation Su-57
The Turkish foreign minister also noted that “S-400s are the systems intended to ensure peace in the region.”
Follow us everywhere and at any time. BulgarianMilitary.com has responsive design and you can open the page from any computer, mobile devices or web browsers. For more up-to-date news from us, follow our Reddit, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook pages. Do not miss the chance to subscribe to our newsletter.
>>Be a reporter: Write and send your article.<<
BulgarianMilitary.com
Editorial team
Source: TASS