Erdogan says Turkey aims to produce S-400s jointly with Russia
2019-07-16 09:33:19 source：The Aljazeera
July 16, 2019
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said a controversial Russian missile defence system will be fully deployed in April 2020 despite the threat of US sanctions, adding the next step would be to jointly produce S-400s with Moscow.
The first batch of the Russian S-400 equipment was delivered to Turkey in recent days even after repeated US calls to cancel the deal or face punishment.
"We have begun to receive our S-400s. Some said 'they cannot buy them'… God willing they will have been installed in their sites by April 2020," Erdogan told a crowd of thousands on Monday in Ankara, as Turkey marked the third anniversary of a bloody coup attempt.
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