NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg delivers a speech as he reviews NATO multinational brigade in Craiova, Romania, October 9, 2017. Inquam Photos/Bogdan Danescu/via REUTERS
CRAIOVA, Romania (Reuters) - NATO ally Turkey is not seeking to antagonise 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 defences.
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