US: Deputies call on Biden to say “no” to the sale of F-16s in Turkey

“The president (Biden) must act in our national interest for the sake of stability in the Eastern Mediterranean and our allies in the region.” With this encouragement, the expatriate Republican MP from New York Nikol Malliotakis led a group of members of Congress who sent a letter to Joe Biden and the Foreign Minister Anthony Blinken on her request Turkey for the purchase of 40 new fighter jets F-16 and the modernization of an additional 80 fighters.

In their cross-party letter, members of Congress call on the US President and Secretary of State to refuse the request of that country because, as they claim, Turkey is an ally behaving like an adversary. As reported by APE-MPE, announcing the specific initiative, Nikol Malliotakis reminded that Turkey was expelled from the F-35 program in July 2019, ie the period that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan buys first Russian S-400 battery.

“After President Erdogan announced in September that Turkey would buy an additional Russian S-400 missile defense system, we can no longer afford to jeopardize our national security,” he said. sending American-made aircraft to an ally that continues to behave as an adversary. As long as President Erdogan promotes his expansion plan in the Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey will continue to threaten our national security and the security of our closest allies in the region, Greece, Israel and Cyprus. “We urge you to act in our national interest and for the sake of stability in the Eastern Mediterranean, refusing to strengthen the aging arsenal of Turkish fighter jets.”

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