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Türkiye expects return of money paid for jets

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Ankara, Feb 20 (Prensa Latina) Türkiye's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Monday that his Government is awaiting the return of 1.4 billion dollars for the purchase of US F-35 fifth-generation fighter jets.

According to Çavuşoğlu, his country was excluded from the US fighter purchase program, so it is natural to expect the return of this money.

During a press briefing after a meeting with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in Ankara, the Turkish minister stated that completing that transfer as soon as possible would be very useful.

Türkiye’s participation in the program for producing F-35 fifth-generation fighter bombers remains one of the acute problems in the relations between Ankara and Washington due to Türkiye purchasing from Russia, in 2017, four divisions of S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems worth 2.5 billion dollaars.

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