The prime minister Keir Starmer and the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan they signed an amount agreement 8 billion pounds (around 9 billion euros) with Turkey for Eurofighters, the representative of the British Prime Minister announced on Thursday. The agreement provides for the supply of 20 modern Eurofighter Typhoon fighters.

According to the SKAI correspondent in London, the British government announced that the first Eurofighter delivery to Turkey is expected to take place in 2030.

Shortly after 16:30 local time, his prime minister United Kingdom, passed the gate of the presidential palace in Anchor. He was welcomed by Turk chairman with mounted military cavalcade and cannonading.

“A very good day.. I have just agreed a deal with Turkey to secure 20,000 British jobs across the UK” Starmer pointed out in his post on X.

Sources say that Ankara’s plan to strengthen the Turkish Air Force foresees a mixture 40 Eurofighter, 40 F-35 and 40 Turkish-made KAAN.

In July, Turkey and Britain signed a preliminary purchase agreement for 40 Eurofighter Typhoons, which was approved by members of the Eurofighter consortium, including Germany, Italy and Spainrepresented corporately by Airbus, BAE Systems and Leonardo.

Starmer met President Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Monday to sign the deal, which comes as Turkey seeks to capitalize on advanced fighter jets to cover ground with regional rivals such as Israel, which this year has launched attacks across the Middle East” Anadolu Agency comments.

At the same time, the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, pointed out a few days ago that the talks on the supply of used Eurofighter Typhoon fighter aircraft from Qatar and Oman are progressing positively, after the contacts he had during his recent tour in the Gulf.