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End news: USAThe developments related to the sale of F-16 to Turkey are closely monitored. Finally, USAin Ankara ambassador An important announcement about the sale came from Jeffrey Flake. He to a group of journalists in Ankara Turkey– Regarding the current state of American relations prices gave Sweden and Finland NATOof the membership process USAFlake stated that it is not related to the sale of F-16 to Turkey, “Behind this sale Biden the leadership stops,” he said. Here are the details of the latest news…
Minister of Foreign Affairs Born Çavuşoğlu Recalling that he met with his American counterpart Antony Blinken yesterday in Washington, Flake expressed their satisfaction with the high-level negotiations between the two countries.
Flake, who expressed Blinken’s gratitude to Turkey for the Black Sea Grain Corridor agreement, during the meeting, the sale of F-16s to Turkey, Russian-Ukrainian war and NATO said that such issues are on the agenda.
Finland and Sweden against the sale and modernization of the F-16 to Turkey by the US Congress NATOWhen asked if there was a connection between the membership process, Flake said: “No. There is no connection here. Minister Blinken made it clear. .” he answered.
Recalling US Senator Bob Menendez’s opposition to the F-16 sale to Turkey, Flake said, “I worked with Senator Menendez both in the House of Representatives and in the Senate. There are serious concerns he expressed. But it makes no sense. It has connections with Sweden and Finland. But I must say that there is a universal desire for Sweden and Finland to join NATO. This Congress is like that.” did the assessment.
in the United States the president Cho Biden pointing out that his administration supports the sale of F-16s to Turkey, Flake said, “Congress is a legislative body and an independent institution. This body must approve the sale of arms. So the administration can’t say, “Let’s do this.” However, Biden administration is behind this sale and is working with Congress on it.” he said.
Ambassador Flake said that there are no exact dates on when the Biden administration will return to Congress regarding the sale of F-16s to Turkey.
Flake Turkey to the question about the engagement between Syria and Syria, which began 11 years later, “You for your questions on this topic Turkey I direct to the government. “The US is against establishing contact with the regime and normalizing relations,” he said. used the expression.
Pointing out that the contacts between Turkey and the United States in security fields, especially in the north-east of Syria, continue, Flake said, “We are always looking for ways to work with our Turkish allies. They (Turkey) are an important partner in the fight against Daesh. We have some differences. We and they express these differences. But we have a productive dialogue.” he said. (AA)
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