Turkey Says It Hopes to Achieve Result on Lifting U.S. Sanctions Soon
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said both sides want a deal as Turkey weighs reselling its S-400 missiles to clear the way back to the F-35 program.
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Turkey Targets Resolution on U.S. Sanctions and F-35 Jet Purchase
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan expressed optimism about lifting U.S. sanctions and acquiring F-35 jets. He emphasized no defense industry restrictions should exist among allies and confirmed active political efforts from both Ankara and Washington to address the issue.
The Turkish Foreign Minister noted that Turkey has made intense diplomatic efforts in recent years in European capitals and the US to lift restrictions.
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Turkey says it hopes to achieve result on lifting U.S. sanctions soon
ANKARA, July 10 (Reuters) - Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Friday that Turkey hopes to achieve a result on lifting U.S. sanctions and its desire to purchase F-35 fighter jets soon, adding there should be no defence industry restrictions between allies.U.S. President Donald Trump, who visited Ankara this week for a NATO Summit, announced on Tuesday that he would lift U.S. sanctions imposed on Turkey over its purchase of Russian S-400 defenc…
In statements collected by the television network TRT, Fidan has indicated that these measures should be withdrawn when before, given that "Turkey is a member of NATO" and, as US President Donald Trump said, a few days ago, Washington "does not want to sanction its friends."
The NATO summit rewrites Erdogan's relations with the United States, Russia and France: not only does Trump say he is ready to eliminate sanctions against Ankara, but the prospect of reinserting the country into the F35 programme risks changing all balances in the Middle East. Also because Ankara would sell its S-400 Russians to a Gulf country
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