The United States has imposed long-anticipated sanctions on NATO ally Turkey over Ankara’s procurement and testing of a Russian-made S-400 air defense system.
US says Russia’s S-400 surface-to-air missile system is incompatible with Nato technology and a threat to the Euro-Atlantic alliance.
The sanctions announced by the state department on Monday target Turkey’s weapons procurement sector.
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The move was swiftly condemned by officials in Turkey and Russia.
The US had already kicked Turkey out of its F-35 fighter jet programme over the purchase of the Russian-made missile system.
