The State Department said that the risk of sanctions for Turkey because of the S-400 is growing

“As for the CAATSA sanctions, the risk of their application has never disappeared.

What we see by now, for the period between last and this year, is an increasing risk, "- quoted by TASS diplomat.

Thus, he commented on the prospects for the US to use measures against Turkey for the purchase of the S-400.

Cooper stressed that the sanctions risk that Turkey is exposing itself is quite real.

“With regard to sanctions, a year ago the intention was to withdraw Turkey from the threat of sanctions against it.

This brings us back to today.

The mentioned risk is very real.

Sanctions are one of the real options for action.

I would repeat that it has not disappeared, ”he added.

CAATSA - The Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, was passed in the United States in 2017.

Earlier, the State Department said that the United States condemns the testing of S-400 systems in Turkey.

As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan emphasized, Ankara does not intend to abandon the complexes.

He noted that Turkey is not a tribal state.