U.S. State Dept Notifies CAATSA Sanctions against Turkey Our Bureau 635
S-400 air defence System
The U.S. State Department has notified Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017 (CAATSA) sanctions against Turkey’s Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB) and its senior leadership for Ankara’s purchase of Russian S-400 air defence systems.
The Secretary of State has determined that the Turkish entity, SSB has knowingly, on or after August 2, 2017, engaged in a significant transaction with the defense or intelligence sectors of the Government of the Russian Federation.
The Secretary of State has also selected certain sanctions to be imposed upon SSB and Ismail Demir, SSB’s president; Faruk Yigit, SSB’s vice president; Serhat Gencoglu, SSB’s Head of the Department of Air Defense and Space; and Mustafa Alper Deniz, Program Manager for SSB’s Regional Air Defense Systems Directorate, pursuant to CAATSA, Ann K. Ganzer, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary
State Secretary Michael Pompeo said the sanctions on Turkey's SSB demonstrates the US will not tolerate significant transactions with Russia's defence sector.
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Will not acknowledge unilateral sanctions against Turkey: Russia ANI | Updated: Dec 21, 2020 16:26 IST
New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): Ahead of the US Sanctions on Turkey over purchasing of missiles from Moscow, citing threat to Washington, Russian Ambassador to India Nikolay R Kudashev on Monday condemned the decision saying unilateral sanctions are unwelcome.
Kudashev said that no sanctions are acknowledged other than those by the United Nations Security Council. We don t welcome unilateral sanctions as a tool for international relations. As far as India is concerned, we share the same platform where India s position is also crystal clear that no sanctions are acknowledged other than those by the United Nations Security Council, he said while speaking to reporters virtually.
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