The United States does not intend to remain inactive while NATO allies acquire weapons from “opponents who threaten the alliance’s cohesion,” said US Vice President Mike Pence, commenting on Turkey’s Russian-supplied S-400 air defense system.

He wrote about this on Twitter.

“Turkey must choose. Does she want to remain a critical partner in the most successful military alliance in history, or does she want to risk the security of this partnership by making such reckless decisions that undermine our alliance? ”Says Penza.

Earlier, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt авavusoglu said that no one could force Ankara to make a choice between Russia and the West.

Member of the Federation Council Igor Morozov, in an interview with FAN, commented on the statement by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Ankara does not intend to back down on the issue of buying Russian C-400 systems, despite the position of the United States.