Trump administration to Turkish defense official sanctions by purchasing Russian missiles

The Trump administration in the United States has announced that it will impose sanctions such as asset freezes on Turkish defense officials over the purchase of a Russian surface-to-air missile system by Turkey, and it is avoided that the gap between the two countries in the alliance will deepen further. There is no situation.

Regarding the state-of-the-art surface-to-air missile system S400 purchased from Russia by Turkey, which is a member of the Western military alliance NATO = North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the United States may leak confidential information to Russia through the system's anti-aircraft radar etc. I have strongly opposed it.

Under these circumstances, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a statement on the 14th, banning travel to the United States and banning assets in the United States for a total of four people, including top and executives of the Defense Industry Agency under the Turkish presidential office. He said he would impose freezing sanctions.

In a statement, Pompeo said, "I have repeatedly told Turkey that the purchase of the S400 would endanger US military technology and personnel," and criticized the Turkish government's response, saying, "A deal with Russia's defense industry. Sends a clear message that it is unacceptable. "

The Trump administration, which opposes Turkey's purchase of the S400, excluded Turkey from its state-of-the-art stealth fighter F35 multilateral joint development program last July, further deepening the gap between the two allied nations. It's an unavoidable situation.

Turkish Foreign Ministry accuses US sanctions

Following the announcement by the Trump administration in the United States that it will impose sanctions on Turkish defense officials, the Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a statement on the 14th, saying, "The claim that the S400 endangers NATO's system is technical. Lacking grounds. Turkey has repeatedly proposed to work on a solution through a working group that NATO also participated in, but it is hard to understand that it refuses and imposes unilateral sanctions. This unfair decision I call on the United States to rethink. "