c2h6@lemmy.world to worldnews@lemmy.world · 1 year agoTurkey backs Sweden's Nato membershipwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up162arrow-down1external-linkTurkey backs Sweden's Nato membershipwww.bbc.comc2h6@lemmy.world to worldnews@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-squareB16_BR0TH3R@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoWhat are you talking about, the US has declared quite openly that Turkey will not be able to buy F-16s from the US unless they accept Sweden into NATO.
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI think their point was, the F-16 sanctions got lifted at the same time as the approval, funny coincidence.
minus-squareB16_BR0TH3R@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThere is no coincidence. Approval was a requirement for lifting the sanction. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-05/turkey-snubs-us-pressure-on-f-16s-as-biden-meets-swedish-premier#xj4y7vzkg
What are you talking about, the US has declared quite openly that Turkey will not be able to buy F-16s from the US unless they accept Sweden into NATO.
I think their point was, the F-16 sanctions got lifted at the same time as the approval, funny coincidence.
There is no coincidence. Approval was a requirement for lifting the sanction.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-05/turkey-snubs-us-pressure-on-f-16s-as-biden-meets-swedish-premier#xj4y7vzkg