Kubinka (Moscow region). August 23. INTERFAX-AVN-The contract for the supply of an additional batch of S-400 to Turkey is planned to be signed in the near future, the head of Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev, said in response to a question from Interfax
"As for the S-400 complex, consultations are continuing. I think that we are already at the final stage, and in the near future we will start drafting and signing a contract with our partners, " Mikheev said, answering a question about the contract for the supply of an additional batch of S-400 air defense systems to Turkey.
According to Mikheev, the Rosoboronexport delegation visited the recent defense exhibition in Turkey. "Our delegation worked hard, brought a good request program," Mikheev said.
As Interfax reported, Turkey bought four divisions of S-400 air defense systems from Russia at a cost of $2.5 billion. On October 23, 2019, Rosoboronexport announced that Russia had fulfilled this contract ahead of schedule by supplying Turkey with all elements of the S-400 systems, including missiles. The head of Rostec, Sergey Chemezov, said earlier that Turkey had paid for the S-400.
The head of the Federal Customs Service of Russia, Dmitry Shugaev, said in an interview with Interfax in March 2020 that Russia expects to agree on the supply of an additional batch of S-400 to Turkey in the foreseeable future. The contract with Turkey for the S-400 doppler can be signed in 2021, Chemezov told Interfax in August last year.
S-400 "Triumph" is a long-range anti-aircraft missile system (JSC "Concern of East Kazakhstan Region "Almaz-Antey").
