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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Humeyra Pamuk

Turkey urges Biden administration to be 'decisive' over F-16 deal as Congress objects

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu meet at the State Department in Washington, U.S., January 18, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/Pool

Turkey on Wednesday urged the Biden administration to be decisive in its bid to sell F-16 warplanes to Turkey and convince the U.S. Congress to drop its opposition to a planned $20 billion deal.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters in Washington he had told U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Turkey dropping its objections to Sweden and Finland joining NATO should not be a precondition for the F-16 sale.

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