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Russia and Turkey are in talks about extra deliveries of Russian-made S-400 missile defense systems to Ankara, the head of Russia’s defense sales agency Alexander Mikheyev said on Wednesday, the Interfax news agency reported.

"(We) successfully handled the logistics and delivery. We had 72 flights via air transport. Everything worked out well, without any disruptions," Mikheyev told Russian news agency Interfax. He said Moscow and Ankara are already discussing "the option, financial model, and delivery time."

To remind, the Ankara-Moscow S-400 deal was inked in December 2017, when the parties signed a $2.5-billion agreement for two batteries of the S-400, which is Russia's most advanced long-range anti-aircraft missile system in use since 2007.

The deliveries of the S-400s began in July and were completed in mid-September.