Sweden's NATO accession and Turkey's bid to buy F-16 jets should be kept separate -Erdogan

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Sweden's NATO accession and Turkey's bid to buy F-16 jets should be kept separate -Erdogan
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ANKARA (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration is linking F-16 fighter jet sales to Turkey with Turkish ratification of Sweden's NATO ...

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Biden made a connection between the supply of F-16s and Turkish action in ratifying Sweden's application to join NATO, Erdogan said."This approach seriously upsets us," he said. A day later, U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Washington would proceed with the transfer of F-16s to Turkey in consultation with Congress.

Ankara has accused Sweden of harbouring militants hostile to the Turkish state, mainly members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party , deemed a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the European Union and United States.

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