Russia, Turkey may sign new contract on S-400 systems in 2020

This handout picture obtained from the Russian Defence Ministry's official Facebook page shows Russia's S-400 air defence missile systems standing at an airfield at the Hmeimim airbase in Syria. (File/AFP)

• RIA cited Mikheev saying Russia hopes that in the first half of 2020 it will sign contract documents

MOSCOW: Russia plans to sign a new contract with Turkey to supply its S-400 surface-to-air missile systems in the first half of 2020, the head of Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev, said, according to RIA Novosti news agency.

“We hope that in the first half of 2020 we will sign contract documents,” RIA cited Mikheev as saying.