Rami Khanna-Prade
CNN-Turk: US may approve Turkey's request for the purchase of F-16 fighters
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ANKARA, January 20 - RIA Novosti. The United States admits the possibility of selling F-16 fighter jets to Turkey in order to strengthen NATO in the Black Sea , CNN-Turk reports, citing its American sources.
"The parties held meetings both in Ankara and Washington . There is information that the US may approve Turkey's request for the purchase of 40 Block 70 F-16 fighter jets and 80 Block 70 upgrade kits. The reason for the approval is to equip NATO allies against the growing threat to Black Sea," the statement said.
In April, Washington officially excluded Turkey from the program to supply the latest F-35 fighters , because it did not refuse to buy Russian S-400 air defense systems . After that, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the United States offered his country to acquire the F-16 and that Joe Biden promised to make every effort to convince the US Senate to support this deal.
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