Erdoğan gains from lifting Sweden and Finland Nato veto with US fighter jet promise
by Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor from World news | The Guardian on (#60X94)
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The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoan, immediately started to reap the rewards for lifting the block on allowing Sweden and Finland to join Nato when the Biden administration said it backed the potential sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey.
Speaking at a briefing call on Wednesday, Celeste Wallander, the assistant secretary for defence for international security affairs at the Pentagon, told reporters that strong Turkish defence capabilities would reinforce Nato's defences.
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