“Such pressure from the United States is fraught with even greater problems for Washington. Today, the US task with regard to Turkey is to preserve it within NATO. If you press on Turkey, it will move away from the United States towards Russia. If they continue such a course, it will be a fatal and grave mistake, ”he said.
According to the expert, the United States unleashed sanctions wars "not against one country, but on several fronts, not only against its opponents, but also against its allies."
“But sanctions can only be effective when there is an international coalition and the addressee of these measures. Now sanctions can no longer work. They become a kind of spirit of the time. One gets the feeling that sanctions are the only instrument of US foreign policy, ”Blokhin said.
Earlier, the US State Department announced that Turkey should get rid of the Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems.
The ministry emphasized that abandoning the S-400 could improve relations between Ankara and Washington.