(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Turkey has decided to walk out of talks over getting a long-range missile defense system from a Chinese state-run company in favor of a national missile project, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported on Sunday.
The decision to cancel the USD 3.4 billion tender and the scheduled procurement contract negotiations with Chinese Precision Machinery Import and Export Corporation (CPMIEC) was approved by Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.
AA cited insiders of the Prime Minister's office as affirming that the decision to cancel the tender was taken in favor of starting a national missile project.
Turkey and China have been in talks over the long-range missile defense deal - one of Turkey's largest defense tenders, since September, 2013.
NATO and the United States expressed opposition to Ankara's decision on the grounds that the CPMIEC was then on a US sanctions list.
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