US senators push for sanctions on Turkey over Russian shield purchase order

 

WASHINGTON: Democrat Senators on Wednesday called on President Donald Trump's administration to impose sanctions on Turkey over its purchase of Russia's S-400 air defense missile system after reports that the country Turkey may be planning to test the defense system on a large scale.

Republicans James Lankford and Chris Van Hollen wrote a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo questioning the report, saying Washington had failed to take any action. For the aggressive actions of the Turkish government in purchasing the S-400 shield system.

Turkey signed a $ 2.5 billion deal to buy S-400 shields from Russia last year, prompting the United States to suspend sales of fighter jets. F-35 to the Turkish government. The United States has also warned that Turkey could face US sanctions if it dares to deploy a Russian-made S-400 shield. But so far, Turkey has not received those sanctions.