Kremlin allowed the transfer of S-400 missiles from Turkey to a friendly country

The question of moving Russian S-400 systems from Turkey to one of the friendly countries is on the agenda, and relevant work is under way on it.

This was reported to journalists by the press secretary of the Russian leader, Dmitry Peskov.

"The topic is on the agenda, relevant work is being carried out and appropriate contacts are taking place," he said, answering a question about whether Russia is considering the possibility of moving the systems from Turkey to one of the friendly countries.

Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, at a press conference following the high-level week of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, stated that Russia allows for the possibility of transferring the S-400 missile systems from Turkish territory to a third friendly country, but that no such requests have been received so far. As the minister specified, such a transfer is impossible without Russia's consent.

In 2017, Turkey purchased from Russia four divisions of S-400 air defense systems worth $2.5 billion. In October 2019, the company Rosoboronexport (part of the state corporation Rostec) reported that the contract for the supply of the systems had been fulfilled. After the conclusion of the contract between Turkey and Russia for the supply of a regimental set of S-400s, Ankara was excluded from the U.S. program to create F-35 fighter jets.

Source: TASS