Turkey's purchase of Russian S-400 surface-to-air missiles has been completed but Ankara is discussing a further deal with a European consortium to help it develop its own missile defence system, Defence Minister Nurettin Canikli said.
"It is finished, the S-400 missiles have been bought. The rest is just details now," Canikli told reporters in the Black Sea province of Giresun.
"In addition to the S-400, Turkey also made preliminary agreements with the EUROSAM countries to develop, produce and use the air defence system in order to improve its long-term domestic national capacity," he said, referring to a joint Franco-Italian defence project.
