Turkey says open to Russia offer for air defence system

Turkey is ready to receive an offer from Russia in a long-running multi-billion dollar tender for an air defence system, Turkish media reported yesterday.

The reports came almost a year after Ankara cancelled a preliminary deal with China amid concerns from its Nato partners.

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin vowed at a meeting in Istanbul on Monday to tighten cooperation in all areas including the military-technical sphere.