Turkey pays deposit to Russia on purchase of S-400 missile systems
Turkey has already paid a deposit to Moscow to buy Russian S-400 missile systems, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said after his visit to Kazakhstan, TASS reported citing Hurriyet.
“Our friends have already signed [a deal on] S-400s. A deposit has also been paid, as far as I know. The process will continue by the transfer of a credit from Russia to us. Both Mr. [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and myself, we are determined on this issue,” Erdogan told journalists.
Russian presidential aide for military-technical cooperation Vladimir Kozhin confirmed to TASS that Russia and Turkey had signed an agreement on supplying the S-400 missile systems.