In recent days, lots of unofficial information were circulating in Washington regarding the upcoming implementation of sanctions against Turkey under the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanction Act, better known by the acronym CAATSA.
Today, Monday, December 14, The US State Department has published confirmation of this sanction., with immediate effect, and this, until Turkey has undertaken to withdraw its S-400 batteries. in coordination with the United States" , according to the statement. On December 4, The US Congress had forced the executive to implement these sanctions within 30 days. following the adoption of the Pentagon's 2021 budget, a budget adopted by both houses last week.
Concretely, Turkey sees all export licenses for American defense equipment or components suspended, as well as all legal authorizations concerning the use of this equipment.
In addition, the state-owned SSB, which was involved in the import of Russian S-400s, its chairman Ismail Demir, as well as other executives of the company involved in the S-400 program, have had their assets in the United States frozen and their visas suspended.
The coordination with the United States on the withdrawal of the S-400s demanded by the State Department statement also acts as a political sanction, depriving President Erdogan of the "benefit of the doubt" if he were to declare himself in favor of the American demands.
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