US State Department spokesman Ned Price said that the US and Turkey are in talks to procure F-16 fighter jets to Ankara. He explained this at a briefing. DEA News”.
“We are negotiating directly with the Turkish government. “Like them, we are focused on making Turkey compatible with NATO with modern NATO military equipment,” he said.
It was previously reported that Ankara held talks with Washington on 15 August. report On the inadmissibility of any conditions for the purchase of F-16 fighters.
Turkey plans to purchase 40 F-16 fighter jets from the United States and modernize its 80 aircraft in service. US President Joe Biden said he hopes to get congressional approval for the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey.
Before that, the leader of the Turkish nationalist Vatan party, Doğu Perinçek, said that Turkey should stop buying F-16 fighter jets from the United States. The Vatan Party is not in the Turkish Grand National Assembly and takes a pro-Russia and pro-Chinese stance.