Defense Industry President Demir's response to Blinken's statement that 'the purchase of S-400 threatens the security of the United States'

İsmail Demir, regarding the US Secretary of State Blinken's statement that "Ankara's S-400 purchase threatens the security of the United States", "We said that we will take the necessary measures, but there was no dialogue on this issue. I hope it will happen from now on." used the expressions.

28 April 2021

President of the Presidency Defense Industry İsmail Demir asked the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to explain , "Russian S-400 air defense systems threaten the security of the United States. It is very important that Turkey and all US allies avoid Russian defense systems " during a program on TV 100 . replied.

Stating that they did not have such thoughts, Demir said, "We have repeatedly said that we should explain this to us, convince us. Whatever your concern is, we will take a step in the spirit of alliance. I told the National Security Advisor Bolton at a meeting, 'You need to convince us technically, a statement to us. you owe. " I said. He said, "You are right, we owe you an explanation and we will make it." said. Since that day, we are waiting for an explanation. "Found the assessment.

Stating that Demir Blinken may be saying this in accordance with the information conveyed to him, he said:

"But we are concerned about how sincere the people transmitting this information are, about what parameters they know. When we talked, we said we would take the necessary measures, but there was no dialogue about it. I hope it will happen from now on."

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