Wednesday, 8 September 2021 (YJC)_ Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs said the country may buy Patriot missiles if allowed by US Congress.
Turkey's purchase of the S-400 air defense system from Russia is a done deal but it may also buy Patriot missiles from the US, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said.
"So far, they have imposed sanctions, tried different methods in the S-400 issue. We have always made offers in favor of dialogue," Çavuşoğlu told NTV yesterday (September 8), adding that the US should accept the situation.
"If the US can sell [us the Patriots], if we can agree on price and other issues, and most importantly, if they can pass this through the Congress, we can buy it even if it's more expensive," he remarked.
Turkey needs air defense systems and will be open to purchase any system until it produces one, added the minister.
Last week, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said "we have no hesitations" about purchasing a second package of the systems from Russia.
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