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    US Congress Wants to Force Trump to Slap Sanctions on Turkey Over Purchase of Russian S-400 – Report

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    Earlier, US President Donald Trump said that the White House is still “looking at” the possibility of slapping sanctions on over its purchase of the Russian missile systems S-400, in line with the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA).

    Republicans and Democrats in US Congress to President Donald Trump to impose sanctions on Turkey if he fails “to outline soon” the ways to punish Ankara for buying Russia's S-400 air defences, The Washington Post reported.

    “We would have to pass a law that wipes out any sort of national security waiver – which we try not to do because we want to give presidents that flexibility. But if it's abused, we'll have to act, I imagine”, the newspaper cited Republican Senator Marco Rubio as saying.

    He was echoed by Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen who called for introducing “tiered sanctions” which stipulate that Turkey will face step-by-step repercussions for implementing the S-400 deal.

    Shaheen claimed that it might leave Trump “some ability to continue to negotiate” with Ankara and “encourage them to stay in ”.

    Republican Senator James Lankford, in turn, pointed out that Congress wants to make clear that “the sanctions apply” and that “if another country wants to go out and buy Russian systems, they'll have the same response from the United States”.

    Republican Lindsey Graham insisted that “the best thing to do for Turkey is hook up our economies,…

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