His intention to continue to be opposed to Turkey’s reintegration into the F-35 fighter program, said Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Rice during the hearing for the ratification of Kimberly Gilfail’s appointment.

“I am the one who paused the F-35s. And I will continue to keep this pause for many different reasons“The US senator characteristically emphasized.

Making a reference to the Greek -Turkish differences, the Commission President argued that these differences do not have the projection they should have in the US media. At this point, he noted that ‘Greeks have justified our help for a long time in many of them (the issues)“, Asking to hear Mrs Gilfail’s views on these issues.

He also did not fail to offer advice to the proposed ambassador, saying: “Your predecessor, George Tsounis, who is here and our ambassador to Turkey had a very close relationship. I was often talking to them and they were very good at settling the issues. So I will urge you to develop the same kind of contact as our ambassador to Turkey“

Finally, Senator Jim Rys expressed his indignation at Turkey’s attitude on the issue of Sweden and Finland’s accession to NATO.

“I quarreled with them. I led the effort to integrate Sweden and Finland into NATO. It was incredibly disappointing. Turkey used its power because everything must happen unanimously in NATO to keep these two countries out. It was a big issue“, He emphasized.