Russia is in contact with Türkiye about the fate of the Russian S-400 air defense system that Ankara owns, the Kremlin said on Friday.
The statement came after a news outlet claimed that Türkiye was poised to transfer the air defense missiles to an unnamed Gulf country.
Daily Hürriyet reported earlier on Friday that Türkiye could announce it would resell the S-400s to one of the Gulf nations in a bid to get access to U.S. F-35 fighter jets.
In 2019, the U.S. removed Türkiye from the F-35 program, where Ankara was also a production partner, following its purchase of the S-400 systems. It later also imposed sanctions on its NATO ally.
Washington claimed the system would endanger the jets and is incompatible with NATO systems, while Ankara repeatedly said there is no conflict between the two and proposed a commission to study the issue.
