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minus-squareB16_BR0TH3R@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoWhat are you talking about, the US has declared quite openly that Turkey will not be able to buy F-16s from the US unless they accept Sweden into NATO.
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI think their point was, the F-16 sanctions got lifted at the same time as the approval, funny coincidence.
minus-squareB16_BR0TH3R@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThere is no coincidence. Approval was a requirement for lifting the sanction. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-05/turkey-snubs-us-pressure-on-f-16s-as-biden-meets-swedish-premier#xj4y7vzkg
What are you talking about, the US has declared quite openly that Turkey will not be able to buy F-16s from the US unless they accept Sweden into NATO.
I think their point was, the F-16 sanctions got lifted at the same time as the approval, funny coincidence.
There is no coincidence. Approval was a requirement for lifting the sanction.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-05/turkey-snubs-us-pressure-on-f-16s-as-biden-meets-swedish-premier#xj4y7vzkg