Biden’s letter to deliver “without delay” F-16 to Türkiye

Fars News Agency International Group; After the Turkish parliament agreed to the protocol of Sweden’s accession to NATO, Biden’s letter to the heads of the foreign relations committees of the Senate and the American representatives about the sale of the F-16 fighter to Turkey has made news.

An official The American told Turkey’s state-run Anatolia news agency that the US president asked the leaders of the country’s Congress to agree to the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey “without any delay”.

According to the existing laws In the United States, the government of this country must inform the Congress in order to sell weapons and ammunition to foreign countries, and the legislature of this country should not oppose the sale of weapons and ammunition.

According to the American official While welcoming the approval of Sweden’s accession protocols to NATO by the Turkish Parliament, Biden told the senior members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House of Representatives Foreign Relations Committee that he “intends to formally inform Congress about the sale of F-16 fighter jets”. /p>

The spokesperson of the US State Department yesterday welcomed the Turkish Parliament’s approval of Sweden’s membership in NATO.

Earlier, the Turkish Parliament agreed with 287 votes. In contrast, 55 votes in favor approved Sweden’s membership, and now Hungary is the only NATO member country that has not signed Sweden’s entry into this Western military alliance.

Finland and Sweden, both countries. Northern Europe is close to or borders Russia, which applied for NATO membership after the start of Russia’s war with Ukraine in February 2022. Anatoly said that the president of this country asked the Congress to pave the way for the sale of F-16 (to Turkey) “without delay”. rtejustify”>