Defense Minister Hulusi Akar stated the F-16 fighter jets are usually not
the one choice for Ankara if the U.S. Congress put obstacles
earlier than the gross sales of the plane, Trend stories citing Daily
News.
“We count on widespread sense to prevail, for the United States to
consider the problem as a complete and determine, and act accordingly,”
every day Milliyet quoted Akar as saying on Feb. 5.
“Our buddies from the parliament are additionally holding talks in
Congress. Our motto is ‘Strong Türkiye, sturdy [Turkish Armed
Forces] TAF, sturdy NATO, sturdy Alliance.’ We additionally say that the
F-16 just isn’t the one choice,” he added.
Upon the Turkish authorities’s request in late 2021, Ankara and
Washington negotiated the sale of 40 new F-16 warfighters and 79
modernization kits after Türkiye was excluded from the joint F-35
fifth-generation fighter jet program as a consequence of its deployment of
Russian S-400 air protection techniques. The course of is awaiting the
approval of Congress, which may even determine on the sale of F-35
fighter jets to Greece.
The minister criticized Sweden for not assembly the “necessities”
of a tripartite memorandum for its NATO bid and likewise for permitting
Quran-burning protests within the nation.
“As they don’t adjust to the memorandum, heinous assaults are
carried out towards Türkiye, the president of Türkiye, a NATO
member for 71 years, and the Holy Quran, the image of the religion of
billions of individuals. What sort of logic is that this? What sort of legislation is
this?” he requested.
These acts get on the nerves of Türkiye, he stated and added,
“This is what Europe has performed to us: They are attempting to kick us
underneath the desk.”
Elaborating on the brand new dialogue course of with Syria, Akar stated
Ankara, Moscow and Damascus will convene a brand new assembly of
delegations from protection ministries and intelligence organizations
of the three nations in February.
Elaborating on the Turkish navy’s presence in northern
Syria, Akar stated, “About a 3rd of Syria’s territory is underneath the
management of terrorists. We inform them, ‘We are coping with these
terrorists, it’s best to cope with them too.’ Let’s say we withdraw
from Syria, who will cease the terrorists, who will stop the
migration there? We can not depart our survival to the
prospects.”
Criticizing the objections to Türkiye’s new dialogue with Syria,
the minister not directly referred to the U.S. and stated Washington is
in contact with the YPG, whereas it’s important of contact between
Ankara and Damascus.
“When we get in contact with Syria, some rise up and ask, how can
you speak.’ On the opposite hand, you’re assembly with an extension of
a construction that you simply acknowledge as a terrorist group. You are
with the terrorists who killed 40.000 of our residents. How does
such a factor occur?” he requested.
“You come from 10,000 km away and say, ‘This is our survival
downside, we wish to destroy terrorism in Afghanistan at its
supply.’ How can we stay blind to terrorist actions and
terrorists close by?” he stated, referring to the U.S.-led operation in
Afghanistan in earlier years.
The grain hall course of is operating easily, the minister
stated, stressing that they had been capable of attain a stability amongst
events in finishing up the export of Ukrainian grain via the
Black Sea.
