U.S. President Joe Biden said there's only a 'fifty-fifty' chance that the U.S. Congress and Senate would approve a Turkish request to buy American-made F-16 warplanes, but pledged to do 'his best' to ensure that the sale goes through, Turkey's president said on Monday.
ANKARA, TURKEY -- U.S. President Joe Biden said there's only a "fifty-fifty" chance that the U.S. Congress and Senate would approve a Turkish request to buy American-made F-16 warplanes, but pledged to do "his best" to ensure that the sale goes through, Turkey's president said on Monday.
Turkey wants to recover a US$1.4 billion payment that it made before it was expelled from the F-35 program. Erdogan has previously said the U.S. proposed selling F-16 fighter jets to make up for it. Erdogan said the two also discussed cooperation in Afghanistan, Syria, Libya and the eastern Mediterranean where tensions between NATO allies Greece and Turkey - as well as neighbouring Cyprus - have been ratcheted up over competing energy claims. Talks also focused on increased increased economic and trade cooperation, Erdogan said.
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