Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu stated Wednesday that Türkiye’s request for F-16 fighter jets and Sweden and Finland’s NATO bids are “not related.”
Speaking to reporters following a gathering together with his US counterpart Antony Blinken, Çavuşoğlu stated the US Congress mustn’t painting these separate points as associated.
“We say that these two different issues should not be related to each other,” he harassed.
Calling his assembly with Blinken “fruitful,” Çavuşoğlu stated Türkiye proposed the US to carry “Türkiye-US Strategic Mechanism” conferences a minimum of twice yearly.
He stated he additionally invited Blinken to go to Türkiye and attend the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in March.
Asked in regards to the sale of F-35 jets to Greece, the Turkish international minister stated the US coverage of stability between Türkiye and Greece has “deteriorated.”