Turkey confident Trump will hold off on sanctions
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Turkey鈥檚 Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said yesterday he was convinced US President Donald Trump did not want to impose sanctions over its purchase of the Russian S-400 missile defence system.
The US president has taken a soft line on Turkey over its purchase of the S-400 system 鈥 which was delivered on July 13 鈥 saying on Thursday that he did not envisage sanctions 鈥渇or now.鈥
But Washington did respond by kicking Turkey out of its F-35 fighter jet program 鈥 a loss of billions of dollars for Turkish defence contractors.
鈥淭rump does not want to impose sanctions on Turkey,鈥 said Cavusoglu in an interview with TV station TGRT Haber.
Cavusoglu added that 鈥渨hen Trump promises something, he does his best to stick to it but there are different points of view in the United States.鈥
It is up to US lawmakers to decide on further punishing Turkey under the Countering America鈥檚 Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, which prescribes penalties for countries that deal with Russia鈥檚 defense sector.
But Cavusoglu said he expected Trump to waive any potential sanctions imposed by the US Congress.
鈥淭hat is our expectation,鈥 he told TGRT Haber.
He also said exclusion from the F-35 program could force Turkey to look elsewhere for new fighter jets.
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