Biden backs F-16 sale to Turkey amid NATO expansion deal

President Biden on Thursday reaffirmed his support for the sale of a new fleet of F-16 jet fighters to Turkey, two days after Turkey’s president lifted a veto threatening Sweden and Finland’s membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Gave.

“We should sell them F-16 jets and modernize those jets as well. It is not in our interest not to do so,” Mr Biden said at a news conference after the NATO leaders’ summit in Madrid.