WASHINGTON, June 24 (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President JD Vance indicated on Wednesday that a review was under way to see how the United States could sell Turkey F-35 fighter jets given Ankara’s 2019 acquisition of Russian S-400 missile defense systems. “Pete and the entire team are reviewing this right now, because there are certain […]
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Vance says review underway to see how Turkey can get F-35 fighter jets
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WASHINGTON, June 24 (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President JD Vance indicated on Wednesday that a review was under way to see how the United States could sell Turkey F-35 fighter jets given Ankara’s 2019 acquisition of Russian S-400 missile defense systems.
“Pete and the entire team are reviewing this right now, because there are certain things that we have to certify have happened … in order to comply with American law. The president has asked us to do that,” Vance told reporters.
(Reporting by Humeyra Pamuk and Andrea Shalal; editing by Michelle Nichols )