US President Joe Biden has promised to make every effort to convince the US Senate to clear the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, with the chances of the deal moving forward estimated at 50/50, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced.
Speaking to reporters Monday aboard his presidential jet on route back home from the G20 summit in Rome, Erdogan confirmed that he and Biden had negotiated the F-16 topic.
“I said to him ‘I believe you can achieve this.’…Hopefully, our defense ministers will continue their talks with one another,” Erdogan added.
The president added that he broached the topic of the F-35s with Biden, but did not elaborate on the nature of the conversation. Turkey seeking to recoup $1.4 billion it invested into the program before being unceremoniously booted out for buying Russia’s S-400 air defense system.
Source: Sputnik
