{"id":75512,"date":"2022-04-07T08:59:29","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T08:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=75512"},"modified":"2022-04-07T08:59:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T08:59:30","slug":"sale-of-f-16-fighter-jets-to-turkey-would-serve-us-interests-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/75512\/","title":{"rendered":"Sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey would serve US interests, US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> The Biden administration believes a potential sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey would be in line with US national security interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A letter, obtained by Reuters, sent to the Congress by the US State Department on March 17, said, \u201cThe Biden administration believes a potential sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey would be in line with US national security interests and would also serve NATO&#8217;s long-term unity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The Administration believes that there are nonetheless compelling long-term NATO alliance unity and capability interests, as well as U.S. national security, economic and commercial interests that are supported by appropriate U.S. defense trade ties with Turkey,&#8221; the letter said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Washington hasn\u2019t expressed any opinion on the sale yet, saying it needs to go through the standard arms sales process, as well as the letter doesn&#8217;t provide any assurance or a timeline for the sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ankara had previously ordered more than 100 F-35s, also produced by Lockheed Martin-made F-16 fighters and nearly 80 modernization kits for its existing warplanes, but the US sanctioned the NATO ally Turkey over its deployment of a S-400 Russian-made missile defense system, as it had removed Turkey from the F-35s program in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The proposed sale will require a Congressional notification if the Department of State were to approve it,&#8221; the letter added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On October 25, Democratic and Republican US <a href=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/66840\/\">lawmakers<\/a> urged Joe Biden\u2019s administration not to sell F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, expressing confidence that Congress would block such a deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a phone call on March 10, the Turkish president told US President that it was past time to lift all &#8220;unjust&#8221; sanctions on Turkey&#8217;s defense industry and that Turkey expected its request to purchase F-16s to be finalized as soon as possible, according to the Turkish presidency\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the past years, the partnership between the two NATO members has gone through difficult times, due to differences over Syria and Ankara\u2019s ties with Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Agencies<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 The Biden administration believes a potential sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey would be in line with US national security interests. 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