New US message to Turkey on F-35s: We continue to have problems because of the S-400s

The USA they continue to have problems selling fighter jets F-35 in Turkey due to Friday's deployment of the Russian-made S-400 air defense system, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said today.

And the official Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of USA Victoria Nuland said yesterday, Tuesday, that if the United States and Turkey they can to resolve the S-400 issue“the US would be happy to welcome her Turkey back in the F-35 family”.

THE An American official, who was found in the previous days in Ankara for consultations in the framework of the Strategic Mechanism of the two countries, he recalled that the CAATSA (Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act) sanctions were related to the Turkish government's decision to purchase systems air defense system S-400 from Russia and stressed that, “if we can settle the S-400 issue, which we want to do, the US would be happy to accept Turkey back into the F-35 family.”

She also added that “first we need to resolve this other issue and at the same time we need to ensure that Turkey will have a strong air defense.”

Source: News Beast

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