Second Contract for Russia’s S-400 Delivery to Turkey to Be Signed in 2021, Arms Exporter Confirms

© AP Photo / Turkish Defence MinistryIn this Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019 file photo, a truck carrying parts of the S-400 air defense systems, exits a Russian transport aircraft after landing at Murted military airport outside Ankara, Turkey.
In this Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019 file photo, a truck carrying parts of the S-400 air defense systems, exits a Russian transport aircraft after landing at Murted military airport outside Ankara, Turkey. - Sputnik International, 1920, 25.08.2021
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KUBINKA (Sputnik) - The second contract for deliveries of Russia's S-400 Triumph air defence systems to Turkey will be signed this year, Rosoboronexport Director General Alexander Mikheev said on 25 August.
On 23 August, the head of Russia’s arms exporter company said that the contract will be signed in the near future.
"In the near future means this year. We expect that the second contract on S-400 for Turkey will be signed this year," Mikheev told reporters.
The decision by Turkey, a NATO member, to purchase the Russian-made S-400 air defence systems triggered a crisis in relations between the two allies in 2019, when the first batch, negotiated in 2017, was delivered to the country. Despite the US authorities' repeated demands to abandon the deal and ensuing sanctions, Turkey refused to make concessions and has continued negotiating additional shipments of the Russian weapons.
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