Biden administration should not waste $20 billion defence deal and must convey to Congress NATO bids by Finland and Sweden are not linked with fighter jet sale to Ankara, Turkish FM Mevlut Cavusoglu tells his US counterpart Antony Blinken.
State Department notifies Congress on potential sale of 40 fighter jets, as well as modernisation kits for 79 warplanes that Turkish Air Force already has in its inventory, sources say.
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara was not stepping back from anti-terror operations, urging NATO ally US to stop its support of “terrorist organisations” in the region.
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he discussed the issue of modernising Turkey's F-16s fighter jets, or providing new ones with his US counterpart Biden in their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rome.
Turkey's President Erdogan says talks with Washington over its investment in the F-35 programme are still continuing.
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