Turkey to take every initiative to protect firms from U.S. sanctions
Hami Aksoy -- Ankara's foreign ministry spokesman -- told during a news conference in the capital Ankara on Friday that Turkey would take every initiative to protect its firms from U.S. sanctions.
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- Published Date: 12:00 | 25 May 2018
- Modified Date: 01:57 | 25 May 2018
Turkey will take every initiative to protect its firms from U.S. sanctions, Ankara's foreign ministry spokesman said on Friday, a day after the United States imposed sanctions on several Iranian and Turkish companies in a move targeting Iranian airlines.
Hami Aksoy also told a news conference that Turkey had fulfilled all requirements to procure Lockheed Martin's F-35 jets from the United States and that Ankara expected all sides to carry out their responsibilities.
A U.S. Senate committee passed its version of a $716 billion defense policy bill on Thursday, including a measure to prevent Turkey from purchasing the F-35 jets.
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