The US will transfer F-16 fighter jets to Turkey in consultation with Congress, the US national security adviser said on Tuesday, hours after Turkey’s president agreed to drop his veto on Sweden joining Nato.
Recep Tayyip Erdo?an’s U-turn on Stockholm’s accession to the US-led military alliance — which followed heavy lobbying from Washington and other western capitals — clears a major headache for Nato as it beefs up its defences in response to Russia’s war against Ukraine.
US president Joe Biden “has placed no caveats or conditions on [the transfer]?.?.?.?and he intends to move forward with that transfer in consultation with Congress”, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said ahead of a Nato summit meeting.
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