Turkey Puts Missile Spat at NATO’s Door Before Meeting
- Akar says sharing of technology and production are essential
- Turkey will employ Russian missiles as ‘standalone system’
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Turkey is sticking to its demands that the U.S. transfer missile technology and share production for any future missile-defense deal following Ankara’s purchase of a Russian system that has alarmed NATO partners.
So far, “only Russia has responded to Turkey’s needs suitably,” Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said in an emailed response to questions ahead of a virtual meeting of North Atlantic Treaty Organization defense ministers starting Thursday.