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Turkey may turn to Russia if US blocks F-16 sales: Erdogan

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  • Source: Agencies
  • 9 Sep 2022 17:59
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The Turkish President threatens to seek Russian support if the US fails to follow through with the F-16 jet sale.

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  • Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Sochi on September 29, 2021. (Vladimir SMIRNOV / POOL / AFP)
    Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Sochi on September 29, 2021. (AFP)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that Turkey may consider countries such as Russia if the US fails to follow through with a pledge to deliver F-16 fighter jets.

Turkey was stripped from a program to replace a variety of fighter, strike, and ground attack aircraft for NATO allies after acquiring a Russian missile defense system in 2019. 

However, as the US seeks rapprochement with Turkey in response to the Russian military operation in Ukraine, US President Joe Biden promised Erdogan in June that he would support the sale of less advanced F-16 jets. Because of worry among top US politicians over Turkey's aggressive rhetoric toward its old opponent Greece, this has failed to garner pace in Congress, whose backing for military sales is essential.

"The US is not the only one selling warplanes in the world. The UK, France, and Russia sell them as well," Erdogan told reporters after Friday prayers. 

"It's possible to procure them from other places, and others are sending us signals," Erdogan said.

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