No decision on Turkey’s missile defense deal with China yet: official![]() February 19, 2015 - 18:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey has not taken a final decision on its planned long-range missile defense system and contract talks with China are continuing, an official for Turkey's Defense Industries Undersecretariat said Thursday, Feb 19, according to Reuters. The official was speaking after Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz said in a written answer to a parliamentary question that bid assessment had been completed and no new official bid was received in the tender, first awarded to China Precision Machinery Import and Export Corp in 2013. Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. Partner news |