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Wednesday, 21 April 2021 (YJC)_ Russia will scrutinize the prospect of military and technical cooperation with Turkey, if Ankara delivers drones to Ukraine.
Russia will scrutinize the prospect of military and technical cooperation with Turkey, if Ankara delivers drones to Ukraine, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said on Wednesday after President Vladimir Putin’s annual State of the Nation Address to the Federal Assembly.
"We will look [at the prospect] specifically in each individual case," the vice premier told reporters, responding to a question about whether Russia would suspend military-technical cooperation with Turkey, if Ankara delivered drones to Ukraine.
The Turkiye newspaper reported on April 15 citing an unnamed source that Ankara was ready to sell its weapons and drones to all countries, including Russia. The source noted that Ankara might sell the armament "after negotiations and upon reaching mutually acceptable terms" as drones "are not aimed against Russia or any other country."
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated on April 12, commenting on the reports of Ankara selling drones to Kiev, that Moscow urged responsible countries, including Turkey, "to analyze the situation and Kiev regime’s unending bellicose statements" and cautioned them against fueling these militaristic aspirations.
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