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Thursday, January 19, 2023

What’s at stake in latest Turkey demand for F-16s? - analysis

Turkey has sent its Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to the US to press for a deal on F-16s. The diplomat met with his US counterpart Antony Blinken as part of a US-Turkey “Strategic Mechanism” meeting. They discussed NATO, Ukraine and Syria.

Meanwhile in Congress, several key US lawmakers have expressed objections to the push to sell Ankara more weapons. America also wants to sell F-35s to Greece, which could be a major game-changer in the Eastern Mediterranean and increase the important role of Athens in the region.  

The problem in Washington is that Ankara has been an unreliable partner, and has often worked against US interests and the interests of Western democracies in general. Turkey has been working to prevent Sweden and Finland, two democracies, from joining NATO. READ MORE