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Vladimir Putin: Selling weapons to Turkey is a ‘priority task’

By Joel Gehrke
Published April 3, 2018 6:22pm ET
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Vladimir Putin: Selling weapons to Turkey is a ‘priority task’
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with Security Council members in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 21, 2014. There is no need for Russia to further retaliate against U.S. sanctions, President Vladimir Putin said Friday as Russia's upper house of parliament endorsed the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. | (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)

Russian President Vladimir Putin regards weapons deals with Turkey, a key member of NATO, as “a priority task” for his government.

“A priority task in the sphere of military technical cooperation is the implementation of the contract for supplies of S-400 Triumf missile systems to Turkey,” Putin told the Russia-Turkey Cooperation Council according to TASS, a state-run media outlet.

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NATO Recep Tayyip Erdogan Russia Turkey Vladimir Putin