“Obviously, we can place any object. Thank God, we have enough of them, ”RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

He noted that "the needs of NATO can always be served by Greece within the framework of the Greek Constitution and law."

Earlier, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stated that the Turkish side could raise the issue of the presence of the US military at Incirlik airbase if sanctions are imposed due to the purchase of Russian S-400s.

US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper called Turkey’s distance from NATO and its rapprochement with Russia a worrying issue.