President Touts Progress With Russia Over S-400 Defense System

Turkish President Recep Erdogan said on Tuesday that documents have been signed with Russia to purchase S-400 long-range air defense missile systems, reports Tass (Russia), citing Turkish television.

"We have made steps on this issue with Russia." He said signatures were signed. "God willing, we’ll see S-400 missiles in our country," the president said, as reported by Reuters.

We will, he said, also request "joint production of these systems," Erdogan said, as quoted by the...