Blinken cautions Turkey against future S-400 purchases - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Apr 28, 2021

Anrtony Blinken — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken participates in a virtual bilateral meeting with Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari during a videoconference at the State Department in Washington on April 27, 2021. — LEAH MILLIS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that Turkey shouldn’t make any additional purchases of Russian weaponry, warning that doing so could provoke further US sanctions.

"It's also very important going forward that Turkey, and for that matter all US allies and partners, avoid future purchases of Russian weaponry, including additional S-400s," Blinken said during a virtual briefing at Washington's Foreign Press Center.

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