ANKARA, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Turkey remains to be concerned with shopping for 40 Eurofighter Hurricane jets, a Turkish defence ministry official mentioned on Thursday after the US superior the $23 billion sale of its F-16 fighter jets to Ankara.
In November, Turkey mentioned the nation was in talks with Britain and Spain to purchase Typhoons, although Germany objected the thought. On the time, a Turkish defence ministry supply mentioned talks had begun after Ankara recognised its request for F-16 jets from the U.S., first made in October 2021, won’t work out.
Final week U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration formally notified Congress of its intention to proceed with the sale of 40 Lockheed Martin F-16s and almost 80 modernisation kits to Turkey, a day after Ankara absolutely accomplished ratification of the NATO membership of Sweden.
Though it doesn’t count on Congress to dam the F-16 sale, Turkey nonetheless needs to purchase Eurofighter Hurricane jets, a Turkish defence ministry official mentioned, talking on situation of anonymity.
“We’re nonetheless , we count on the consortium member Germany’s constructive method on this difficulty,” the official mentioned.
The Eurofighter Hurricane jets are constructed by a consortium of Germany, Britain, Italy and Spain, represented by Airbus , BAE Techniques and Leonardo.
Turkey, which is eager to improve its air drive, can also be creating its personal nationwide fight plane KAAN, in cooperation with BAE. (Reporting by Huseyin Hayatsever; Modifying by Daren Butler and Kylie MacLellan)
