WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 23rd February, 2019) US and Turkish officials are discussing the purchase of the Russian S-400 air defense system, Acting Defense Department Secretary Patrick Shanahan told reporters.
"We are going to talk about it," Shanahan said as quoted in a pool report on Friday.
Standing alongside the Pentagon chief, Turkish Minister of Defense Hulusi Akar confirmed that they were there to discuss the purchase of the S-400.
Earlier this week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed dissatisfaction over Washington's unwillingness to implement Ankara's two basic conditions for acquiring Patriot interceptors related to providing a loan and joint production.
Last week, US Permanent Ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison urged Turkey not to continue the implementation of its agreement to buy Russian S-400 missile systems, something that she said would not allow Washington to deliver the Patriot air defenses to Turkey.
