Turkish President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan said Premier Giorgia Meloni wants to help resolve issues
with a missile system built by France and Italy and wanted by
Turkey during a conversation he had with the Italian PM on the
sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali this week, Turkish news
agency Anadolu reported Thursday.
"Meloni said: 'some technical problems remain, but France, Italy
and Turkey will solve the SAMP-T issues shortly'," Erdogan said,
according to the agency.
SAMP/T (christened MAMBA by the French Air Force) "is the
cornerstone of Italy and France's contributions to the North
Atlantic Alliance's (NATO) tactical ballistic missile defence
capability," says Italian defence firm Thales on its website.
Turkey has signalled interest in acquiring the system.
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