Reactions to the Republican Senator’s proposal continue Rand Paul not to sell US F-16 to Turkey. Sources of the Turkish Ministry of Defense assure that no negative development is expected for Turkey regarding the proposal filed in the US Congress by Senator Paul, which aims to prevent the sale of the F-16.

During the regular weekly briefing of defense editors by the representative of the Turkish Ministry of Defense, Rear Admiral Zeki Akturk, ministry sources said: “The silence of Congress continues. No negative development is expected in this process”.

At the same time, CNN Turk broadcast a report by its Ankara correspondent Dizle Janova, according to which “official sources” in the Turkish capital pointed out that “the F-16 sale process continues as planned, Turkey’s interlocutor in this process is the American government.”

The same sources, cited by the Turkish journalist, allegedly stated that “Senator Paul is not a member of the (Foreign Affairs) Committee.” The relevant initiative was made as an individual initiative of a senator. This means that in order to block the process, the relevant request would have to pass both the Senate and the House of Representatives, and it is estimated that at this stage this probability is very low. But even if it passes, Biden can veto it by exercising his right as president.”

In the same CNN Turk report it is pointed out that the next Sunday morning the 15-day period for objections to the sale expires.