{"id":96805,"date":"2023-04-22T07:24:26","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T07:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=96805"},"modified":"2023-04-22T07:24:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T07:24:28","slug":"us-top-senator-reiterates-opposition-of-f-16-sale-to-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/96805\/","title":{"rendered":"US top senator reiterates opposition of F-16 sale to Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> Chair of the US Senate\u2019s Foreign Relations Committee, Bob Menendez, reiterated on Saturday his opposition to the sale of F-16 fighters to Turkey, saying \u201cTurkey has not done enough to be rewarded in this way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI continue to be against the sale of F-16s,\u201d Menendez told ERT, a Greek state-owned TV channel, adding that the government of the Turkish president needs to stop its belligerent behavior towards Greece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He clarified that Congress did not give the green light for the upgrade of the Turkish F-16 missile systems, but for their interoperable means of communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Menendez was referring to a recent $259 million deal with Turkey for avionics software upgrades. 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But I hope that the attitude will change,\u201d Menendez said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Reporting by John Ahmad<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Chair of the US Senate\u2019s Foreign Relations Committee, Bob Menendez, reiterated on Saturday his opposition to the sale of F-16 fighters to Turkey, saying \u201cTurkey has not done enough to be rewarded in this way.\u201d \u201cI continue to be against the sale of F-16s,\u201d Menendez told ERT, a Greek state-owned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":96806,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[39,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized 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