Turkey says working to resolve impasse on F-35 jets in U.S. Congress

Speaking at an interview with the state-owned Anadolu news agency, Akar said Turkey was trying to establish an environment where its purchase of S-400 missile defense systems from Russia did not impact its procurement of the F-35 jets.

Talks with the United States on purchasing Raytheon Co. Patriot defense systems are continuing, Akar said, adding that the S-400 systems would begin to be installed in October.