Turkey and US to set up joint working group over Ankara’s purchase of Russian S-400 missile defense systems

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Turkey and the United States have begun talks to form a joint working group regarding Ankara’s purchase of Russian S-400 missile defense systems, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has announced.

Experts from Turkey and the US are negotiating the tasks for the joint group, but it had not been formed yet, Cavusoglu said. Ankara had earlier proposed creating a working group after the US imposed S-400-related sanctions targeting Turkey’s Defense Industries Presidency (SSB), including its head Ismail Demir and three other officials.

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