Turkey confirms talks on S-400 re-export // Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan announces talks on Russian S-400 re-export

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said that Turkey is continuing negotiations on the re-export of S-400 air defense systems purchased from Russia. According to him, Ankara will announce their results after the completion of the negotiations, writes TRHaber.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that Turkey had not asked Russia to allow the S-400 to move outside the country. He also noted that the re-export of these complexes requires the consent of the Russian side.

In 2017, Ankara signed a $2.5 billion deal with Moscow that included the purchase of four S-400 battalions. After that, Turkey was excluded from the US program to create F-35 fighters. Last summer, the Turkish press wrote that the S-400 could be resold to Qatar or the UAE.