Washington: Obstacles to selling F-35 to Türkiye will be removed soon
The American ambassador to Turkey announced that Ankara has come close to resolving the dispute with Washington by abandoning the operation of the S-400 missile system, and it is possible that Turkey’s return to the F-35 fighter program will be paved in the coming mohs.
According to Isna, a senior American diplomatic official announced that Türkiye is getting closer to crossing an importa obstacle that has preveed the coury from buying American F-35 fighter jets for years.
According to Bloomberg, US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barak announced that Ankara has resolved the “operational problems” of the S-400 missile systems and that these systems will not be used.
However, he emphasized that Türkiye’s coinued ownership of this Russian system still creates problems for Washington.
“My belief is that these issues will be resolved in the next 4 to 6 mohs,” Barak said at a conference in Abu Dhabi. In response to the question of whether Turkey is close to abandoning this Russian system completely, he said: “Yes.”
During the September meeting between US Preside Donald Trump and Turkish Preside Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House, the issue of S-400 was also raised. The purchase of this system by Türkiye about a decade ago, caused this coury to be removed from the developme program of F-35 fighters and to impose sanctions known as “KATSA” against some Turkish defense companies.
The United States has argued that the S-400 systems pose a threat to the stealth capability of the F-35 fighter, while Ankara has said it will take steps to address these concerns and will not include the Russian equipme in NATO’s defense architecture.
In September, Trump said he might allow Turkey to buy F-35 fighter jets, insisting that Erdogan “will do something for us,” without elaborating.
America and Türkiye have two large NATO armies and this has created an inceive to reduce the tension between the two couries. However, Türkiye still needs to maiain a balance with Russia; A coury that is one of the main suppliers of natural gas and crude oil for the 1.5 trillion dollar economy of this coury.
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