The issue of the Eastern Mediterranean was not on the table at all during his meeting with Joe Biden, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a statement he made after the four leaders’ meeting in Rome.
The Turkish president, when asked to answer a journalist’s question on the issue, said that “since the issue was not raised, it is not on the US agenda, therefore not even mine.”
For its part, Washington denies the words of Tayyip Erdogan, as in a statement issued by the White House, it states that the issue of both the Eastern Mediterranean and Libya was discussed.
At the same time, the issue of the acquisition of F-16s by the United States seems to be entering the “fridge” for Turkey as, as Joe Biden stressed to the Turkish president, there is a human rights issue while the other dimension of the issue concerns the Senate and Parliament. representatives.
In a statement, Tayyip Erdogan showed that he understands the “obstacles” of the United States and in any case, as he said, “expects the necessary attention and care.”
The statement of the Turkish president in detail:
The issue of F-16s was raised more, for the modernization of what we have or the concession of new F-16s. For this issue, our Defense Ministers are monitoring the process. I saw Mr Biden ‘s positive approach. Of course there is the other dimension of the issue, the Senate and the House of Representatives. We told them “in both bodies you have your own weight, we at this point expect the necessary attention and care
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