ANKARA, 18 November 2021, (TON): Russia and Turkey have agreed not to make any statements regarding the joint production of components of the S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM).

This was announced by the President of the Republic, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, at a press conference in Ankara following talks with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.

He stressed “as for the joint production of S-400 parts, both sides, Turkey and Russia, have agreed not to disclose any details.”

Erdogan also noted that this topic is “sensitive” for the Russian Federation and Turkey.

Turkey expects to increase military cooperation with Spain, including on the issue of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

The Turkish leader said “we agreed to build a large-scale aircraft carrier with Spain. However, perhaps we can reach agreements on cooperation on the construction of submarines. We considered these possibilities. We also talked about [cooperation] on UAVs, including [Bayraktar strike drone] Akinji.”

Erdogan also said that Ankara and Madrid have already built an aircraft carrier, which “is now being launched.”

He added “however, the first aircraft carrier is not large, after that we will make a larger aircraft carrier.”

Also, Turkey’s president said Wednesday he would end the scourge of interest from the nation.