With new penalties warns the Turkey the State Department in the event that it makes a new purchase of Russian S-400. Commenting on his statements Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in CBS television network on the acquisition of a second S-400 package from Moscow, a State Department spokesman told ERT, «We are aware of these statements and we urge Turkey at every opportunity and at every level not to keep the S-400s it has already purchased and not to proceed with another purchase of Russian military equipment.
We continue to make it clear to Turkey that any new significant purchase of military equipment will result in new sanctions under CAATSA. These sanctions will be separate and in addition to those already imposed in December 2020. The US considers Turkey an ally and a friendly country and continue to seek opportunities to strengthen bilateral relations even when they disagree.».
