US President Joe Biden is committed to maintains the pressure from the threat of sanctions against Turkey for the purchase of Russian S-400 missile defense systems.
In addition, the White House will impose additional sanctions if Ankara bought others weapons systems from the Kremlin, AP reported.
The agency cited a hearing before Congress by US Secretary of State Victoria Newland.
The United States has sanctioned Turkey’s defense industry over the S-400
For transactions with a person working “for or on behalf of the defense or intelligence sector” of Russia
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She also condemned the announcement by Turkish Cypriots of the partial reopening of Varosha, an abandoned town on the Island of Aphrodite, for possible resettlement.
For months, the United States has been pressuring Turkey to abandon the Russian S-400. US Ambassador to Turkey David Sutherfield said the only way Ankara could resolve its differences with Washington was to abandon Russia’s air defense systems.
Washington offered Ankara to abandon the S-400 for $ 100 billion, but Turkey did not agree. In addition, Turkey expressed willingness to buy from Russia a second set of S-400 air defense systems, if there is a transfer of technology.
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Turkey calls for dialogue with US following sanctions over S-400
After Biden is expected to be tougher with Erdogan
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Russia and Turkey have signed an agreement for Moscow to supply Ankara to S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems in 2017 Turkey was the first NATO country to acquire these systems from Russia.
Ankara’s decision provoked a sharp backlash from the United States and the Alliance as a whole. The United States continues to try to get Turkey to abandon Russian air defense systems. Due to the fact that Turkey does not succumb to pressure and does not get rid of the S-400, Washington excluded Ankara from the US program for the production of F-35 fighter-bomber.
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