Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has said that Türkiye hopes to achieve a result on lifting US sanctions and its desire to purchase F-35 fighter jets soon, adding that there should be no defence industry restrictions between allies.
US President Donald Trump, who visited Ankara this week for a NATO Summit, announced on Tuesday that he would lift US sanctions imposed on Türkiye over its purchase of Russian S-400 defence missile systems.
Speaking to TRT Haber, Fidan said on Friday there was political will from both Ankara and Washington to remove the sanctions and that the relevant ministers were working to resolve the issue.
In 2020, Washington imposed sanctions on Türkiye under the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) over its acquisition of the S-400s.
It also removed Ankara from the F-35 stealth fighter jet programme.
CAATSA and F35s
The top Turkish diplomat Fidan said there are still two issues in Türkiye-US relations that have to be sorted out through US legislation.
"CAATSA is one of them. The issue of the F-35 jets is another... God willing, we will reach a conclusion soon; in other words, I do not think there will be any problems in this regard," Fidan said.
Two sources told Reuters this week that Trump was expected to throw his support behind the potential sale of F-35s during the visit to Ankara.
