No angst over Turkey's air defense deal with Russia, says NATO chief

By Robin Emmott CRAIOVA, Romania (Reuters) - NATO ally Turkey is not seeking to antagonize the U.S.-led alliance by purchasing Russian S-400 surface-to-air missiles and is in talks with France and Italy to buy similar weapons, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said. Ankara's decision to buy the Russian system has been seen in some Western capitals as a snub to the alliance, given tensions with Moscow over Ukraine and Syria, while the deal raised concern because the weapons cannot be integrated into NATO defense. "There hasn't been any request from Turkey to integrate the S-400 into NATO air defense system," Stoltenberg told Reuters in an interview on a Belgian military plane returning from Romania late on Monday.

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