US President Joe Biden said on Thursday June 30 that the United States should sell F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, but that the release of this contract required the green light from Congress.
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“
We should sell them F-16s
” but “
I need Congressional approval for that and I think I can get
it,” he told reporters after the summit. of NATO, while the question of the purchase of fighter planes has poisoned relations between Ankara and Washington for years.