US says 'very real' risk of Turkey sanctions over Russian arms
A US official warned Wednesday that NATO ally Turkey faced a risk of sanctions after it defiantly tested Russia's S-400 air defense system, AFP reported.
"That risk is very real because they... continue to pursue the S-400," said R. Clarke Cooper, the top State Department official in charge of arms sales.
"And, of course, with the testing of it, sanctions is very much something that is on the table," he told a small group of reporters.
Turkey has confirmed the first test of the S-400 despite months of warnings from the United States that the system was incompatible with membership in NATO and could help Russia hone skills in shooting down Western fighter jets.