Last month, the United States imposed sanctions on Turkey’s defence industry chief and others over Ankara’s acquisition of S-400 missile defence systems from Russia, a move that Turkey called a “grave mistake.”
The request was rejected by President Vladimir Putin on concerns that S-400 missile sale to Tehran may stoke further tensions in the Middle East, Bloomberg said in a report.
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