“U.S. addiction to sanctions and contempt for international law at full display again. We strongly condemn recent U.S. sanctions against Turkey and stand with its people and government. #NeighborsFirst,” Zarif said.

On Monday, the United States imposed sanctions on Turkey over its acquisition of a Russian missile system.

Turkey made a deal reportedly worth $2.5 billion with Russia for the S-400 mobile surface-to-air missile system in 2017.

The United States claims that the S-400 system to pose a risk to the NATO alliance as well as the F-35, America’s most expensive weapons platform. (ILKHA)