No plans to integrate Russia's S-400 into NATO, Stoltenberg says
NATO does not plan the integration of the Russian S-400 anti-air missile system into any air and missile defense system of the alliance, NATO Secretary-General said Friday according to Anadolu agency.
"There are no plans to integrate the Russian S-400 into any NATO integrated air and missile defense system," Jens Stoltenberg said in a news conference on the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty in Brussels.
Stoltenberg said he welcomes that Turkey is in dialogue with the U.S. on the "possibility of buying Patriot batteries."
He also said Turkey is in dialogue with Italy and France, NATO allies, on missile defense systems.
The source reminds that since 2017, Turkey and the U.S. have been at odds over Turkey's decision to buy the S-400, a Russian-made missile defense system, and U.S. threats to break its contract to sell Turkey F-35 fighter jets over the dispute.