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| Turkey in ‘talks’ on buying Russian Su-57 jet fighters – Erdogan | Turkey in ‘talks’ on buying Russian Su-57 jet fighters – Erdogan |
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| Ankara is holding talks on purchasing the Su-57 jets from Moscow, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. But Turkey's foreign minister stressed his country is not giving up hopes on the US unfreezing the F-35 deal. | |
| “Our ministries continue to have meetings with their counterparts [on this issue],” Erdogan told reporters on Friday, after being asked whether Turkey will purchase Su-57s. | |
| The president’s words came a few days after he personally inspected the fifth-generation plane during an air show outside Moscow, where its export model was unveiled for the first time. | |
| Turkey began eyeing Russian warplanes after its NATO ally, the US refused to sell it F-35 jet fighters. Washington was trying to pressure Ankara into scrapping a contract to buy the Russian S-400 air defense missile systems. Turkish officials refused to budge, insisting the country is free to get weapons from whoever it chooses. | |
| “If the US doesn’t change its position on the F-35s, we will, of course, have to find another way how to address” the country’s need to purchase new jets, Erdogan said. | |
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