ANTALYA, Turkey, April 17 (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to

Turkey Tom Barrack said on Friday he expected Washington and

Ankara to soon solve the issue of U.S. sanctions over Turkey's

purchase of Russian S-400 missile defences.

"I think you are going to see the S-400 situation solved

soon. From my boss's point of view, acceptance into an F-35

programme is fine," Barrack said at the Antalya Diplomacy

Forum.

In 2020, the U.S. sanctioned fellow NATO member Turkey over

the purchase and removed it from a procurement and manufacturing

programme for F-35 fighter jets.