Testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo answered questions related to Turkiye.

"We are hopeful they will never take possession"

Pompeo said that the United States continues its efforts aimed at discouraging Turkiye from purchasing Russian-made S-400 air defense systems.  "We continue to work to keep the Turks in a place where they don't actually acquire the S-400. I believe that they have not yet and we are hopeful they will never take possession," Pompeo said during testimony before the US House Foreign Affairs Committee.

When asked whether the State Department had made a decision about Turkiye's purchase of F-35s, he answered, "I have not."  "We need them to be a NATO partner. . . we need their behavior to reflect the objectives of NATO," said Pompeo. (ILKHA)