Turkey won’t back down from its purchase of Russian-made S-400 surface-to-air missile defense systems, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday, adding that Ankara is weighing how to respond to recent US sanctions.
On Monday the Donald Trump administration slapped limited sanctions on Turkey over its multibillion-dollar purchase from Moscow. The long-awaited sanctions, issued under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), targeted the country’s defense procurement agency (SSB) and its senior officials.
