U.S. sanctions counter-productive and would harm relations -Turkish official
ANKARA (Reuters) - U.S. sanctions on Turkey over its purchase of Russian S-400 missile defence systems would backfire and hurt ties between the two NATO members, a senior Turkish official said on Thursday
ANKARA (Reuters) - U.S. sanctions on Turkey over its purchase of Russian S-400 missile defence systems would backfire and hurt ties between the two NATO members, a senior Turkish official said on Thursday.
"Sanctions would not achieve a result but be counter-productive. They would harm relations," the official said after four sources said Washington was poised to impose sanctions.
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"Turkey is in favour of solving these problems with diplomacy and negotiations. We won't accept one-sided impositions," he said.
(Reporting by Orhan Coskun; Writing by Dominic Evans; Editing by Daren Butler)
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