ELGRADE – There is a high chance that Russia may get a new contract todeliver air defence systems to Turkey, Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisovsaid on Saturday.
“I think there is a high probability. They have an option, they have aright to implement it,” Borisov told reporters, answering the questionabout the possible new contracts on deliveries of air defence systems toTurkey.
Moscow and Ankara signed a loan agreement for the delivery of S-400 systemsin December 2017. The deliveries kicked off in mid-summer.
Earlier this week, a group of US senators submitted legislationlinkknownas the ‘Turkey Sanctions Bill’ proposing ‘wide-ranging mandatory sanctions’against Turkey over its S-400 deal with Russia.[image: S-400 Triumph missile launcher]
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Turkey’s purchase of Russia’s S-400 prompted the US to suspend Ankara’sparticipation in the F-35 joint strike fighter program. Washington isconcerned about the Russian system sharing airspace with F-35 jets.
However, Turkey says these concerns are unfounded and insists that itsintention to possess the S-400 will not change and nor will its decision totake part in the F-35 program.
