“We & nbsp; have a certain understanding with & nbsp; our Turkish partners, and & nbsp; we & nbsp; hope so & nbsp; We & nbsp; hope & nbsp; this, yes & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; Peskov noted.
The journalist asked & nbsp; Peskov, what & nbsp; is Russia's interest in providing Turkey with the S-400, despite & nbsp; restrictive measures from the & nbsp; part of the United States. The press secretary of the President of the & nbsp; RF noted that & nbsp; The states “ like to play this game with & nbsp; sanctions. ''
“ They & nbsp; never & nbsp; managed to force any country to change its mind. Our policy is & nbsp; that & nbsp; we & nbsp; are open to & nbsp; cooperation with & nbsp; various countries, especially with & nbsp; our partners & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; said Peskov.
On November 14 & nbsp; Director of the Federal Service for & nbsp; Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of Russia Dmitry Shugaev said that & nbsp; Moscow and & nbsp; Ankara are negotiating & nbsp; Russia's participation in & nbsp; creation of a fifth generation fighter.
In addition, as noted by Shugaev, Russia discussed with Turkey the export of military products and & nbsp; joint development of weapons. So he & nbsp; commented on the possible signing of a contract for & nbsp; the supply of a new batch of S-400 air defense systems to Ankara.
On & nbsp; Sunday, 14 & nbsp; November, within the & nbsp; framework of the Dubai Airshow-2021 international air show, Shugaev noted, that & nbsp; cooperation with & nbsp; the country is developing steadily.
On September 30 & nbsp; Turkish President Recep Erdogan said that & nbsp; the country's purchase from & nbsp; Russia of the S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems made sense, despite & nbsp; arising in & nbsp; ties with & nbsp; these are the contradictions in & nbsp; relations between Ankara and & nbsp; Washington. According to & nbsp; he said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and & nbsp; former US President Donald Trump confirmed Turkey's right to choose arms suppliers.