US approves F-16 fighter jet sale to Turkey worth $23bn - BBC News

The $23bn sale comes after Turkey ratified Sweden's accession to Nato this week.

11 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersImage caption, US President Joe Biden urged the F-16 sale be approved "without delay"The US government has approved the $23bn (£18bn) sale of 40 new F-16 fighter jets to Turkey - a move that had been long delayed - after Ankara ratified Sweden's accession to Nato.

The deal includes modernisation kits for 79 existing Turkish F-16s.

The US State Department told Congress it had also approved the sale of 40 F-35 fighters to Greece, costing $8.6bn.

Turkey ratified Sweden's Nato accession after more than a year of delay that caused tension in the alliance.

It first made the request for the jets in 2021, but its delay in ratifying Sweden's Nato bid proved to be a major stumbling block. Turkey was concerned over what it called Sweden's support for Kurdish separatists.

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