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mo4ch:>Ankara rejects media reports of US two-week ultimatum on S-400 deal | Mo4ch News

Ankara has rejected news reports that the US has set an official deadline for Turkey to pull out from the S-400 deal with Russia by the end of the first week of June, according to Turkish TV channel A Haber.“Nothing of that kind [has occurred] at the official level,” Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Yavuz Selim Kiran said, “In March the US renewed its previous proposal on supplies of Patriot missile systems. Actually, we believe that this [media report] concerned this proposal.”Also on rt.comTurkey braces for potential US sanctions over S-400 purchase as troops begin training in RussiaKiran speaking in Washington on Wednesday, also noted that Ankara opposed the American sanctions under the "Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act”. He stressed that the deal with Moscow to buy four batteries of the S-400 air defence systems had been signed before the law was passed.As a NATO-state, Turkey has been facing mounting pressure from the US and its allies over the S-400…