The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Mevlüt Tsavousoglu made known that his American counterpart Anthony Blinken invited him to Washington for talks, on May 18, as the two NATO allies begin an effort to improve and strengthen their long-standing relations.
According to Reuters, the head of the Turkish diplomacy also said that the talks with the USA for Turkey’s request to buy F-16 aircraft and armament systems for the modernization of its fighters, in the context of his statements in Brussels, after the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the NATO member countries.
Ankara welcomes reports that the US government has sent a letter to Congress stating that the sale serves US interests and NATO, he added.
Tsavousoglou also mentioned that he told his Ukrainian counterpart, him Dmitro Koulempathat peace talks between Russia and Ukraine may henceforth take place in Turkey.
As he said, there are still about 30 Turkish citizensincluding their partners, excluded from Mariupol where thousands are believed to have been killed in the last month as the city is besieged and bombed mercilessly.
Finally, Tsavousoglou said that he agreed with his Canadian counterpart Melanie Jolie work to overcome Ottawa-imposed embargo on Turkish defense industry, mainly banning the sale of instruments to Turkish drones Bayraktar TB2.
Source: News Beast
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