Netanyahu warns US could 'destroy' Mideast power balance as Trump floats F-35 jet sale to Turkey
- Trump on Tuesday became the first US president visit to Turkey in 11 years, arriving with a pledge to lift US sanctions imposed on its NATO ally over its purchase of Russian defence missiles and the suggestion that the US would sell Turkey F-35 fighter jets.
- Both leaders sang each other's praises in their public remarks.
- Speaking alongside Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the Nato summit in Ankara, Trump announced that sanctions imposed under the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) would be removed.
Confirmed
- Trump on Tuesday became the first US president visit to Turkey in 11 years, arriving with a pledge to lift US sanctions imposed on its NATO ally over its purchase of Russian defence missiles and the suggestion that the US would sell Turkey F-35 fighter jets.
- Speaking alongside Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the Nato summit in Ankara, Trump announced that sanctions imposed under the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) would be removed.
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- Both leaders sang each other's praises in their public remarks.
Sources: France 24, Times of India