“Turkey believes that the United States is still our allies, and we remain their allies,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
Chavushoglu stressed that it is impossible to cancel the deal with Moscow on the purchase of Russian S-400 air defense systems, but Ankara is also ready to consider the acquisition of American systems.
“No one can cancel the deal with Russia on the purchase of S-400, it’s done. The offer of Russia was more profitable, and we accepted it. Now we are ready to buy the Patriot system from the USA, we are waiting for their response, ”the Turkish minister said.
At the same time, he warned of a response if the US imposed sanctions against Turkey.
Earlier, Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan allowed the purchase of Patriot on favorable conditions for Ankara for a variety of Turkish air defense.
On December 11, the US Senate International Committee approved a bill on sanctions against Turkey for the S-400 deal.