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Turkey Threatens US With Retaliation if Sanctions Are Imposed

Dorian Jones

   ISTANBUL - Ankara is threatening retaliation against Washington if hit
   by sanctions.

   The warning comes as the U.S. Senate prepares to vote on measures
   against Turkey over its procuring of Russian defense systems.

   "U.S. lawmakers must understand they will get nowhere with
   impositions," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Wednesday
   during a television interview. "If the United States approaches us
   positively, we will also react positively. But if they take negative
   toward us, then we will retaliate."

   A U.S. Senate committee passed legislation Wednesday targeting Turkey
   and Turkish officials and institutions. The measures are in response to
   Ankara's purchase of Russia's S-400 missile system, which is deemed to
   violate Congress's Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions
   Act (CAATSA).
   The bill now goes for a vote in the full Senate.
   

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