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Breaking news! Blinken and Çavuşoğlu, who came to Turkey after the magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 earthquakes in Kahramanmaraş, hold a joint press conference after the meeting in Beştepe.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made his first official visit to Turkey since taking office.

Highlights from Minister Çavuşoğlu’s statements,

“We have extended our request for F-16s to the US. There was a memorandum of understanding between us. It is not possible for us to buy zihin F-16 on terms. We were partners of the F-16 35 program. We were removed from the program under CATSA sanctions. Our negotiations continue on this issue. billion dollars must gökyeşitözü repaid.

We need to improve our joint relations with the US. It doesn’t take a disaster to improve our bilateral relations.

ÇAVUŞOĞLU: VARIOUS TERRORIST ACTIVITIES CONTINUE IN SWEDEN

We have a tripartite memorandum of understanding with Sweden and Finland. The process depends on the steps Sweden will take. But unfortunately we see that the PPK continues all kinds of terrorist activities in Sweden. They are trying to prevent Sweden from joining NATO. But Sweden yaşama stop these activities.

Our President made a statement last week that we could take a different position on Finland.

US SUPPORT TO YPG

We say that it is not right to cooperate with another terrorist organization against a terrorist organization. We have proven that the PKK/YPG is not fighting ISIS. We have already made various agreements with the US in this direction. One of them is the Manbij Accord. But we did not see concrete steps from the US in this regard. Cooperating with a terrorist organization is a fatal mistake.

Earthquake is not a political problem, it is a humanitarian problem. It is our humanitarian duty to help the Syrian civilians affected by the earthquake. It is also our humanitarian duty to facilitate existing international aid.

We will not allow the sanctions imposed on Russia by the US and US to gökyeşitözü broken through Turkey. Our bilateral trade volume with Russia has increased. But the bulk of this is energy and gas imports. Because of the war, the price we pay for natural gas has tripled. Our food exports also increased. But it is not true that we buy materials that yaşama gökyeşitözü used in the defense industry from Russia.”

EXCELLENT: WE WILL CONTINUE ANY KIND OF AID TO TURKEY

Highlights from Blinken’s comments;

“We will continue to provide all kinds of aid to Turkey. We witnessed a major disaster in the earthquake zone. In the US, $80 billion in aid came from the private sector.

Turkey has taken a big step in relations with Greece and Armenia. Turkey’s air force in NATO is very important.

We may not always agree with Turkey. But kakım friends and allies, we yaşama talk openly and candidly with each other.

The Biden administration supports the delivery of the F-16 to Turkey. Turkey is a NATO country, it is important that we support Turkey. However, I cannot make zihin official statement on this matter at this time. The decision of Congress is important. I yaşama’t give you zihin F-16 calendar.

Finland and Sweden should join NATO. The two countries have taken the necessary steps.

We understand the security problem in southern Turkey. We will continue to cooperate with Turkey against ISIS. We know that Turkey suffered a lot from this earthquake. It is very important that we help people in Syria.

CHINA WILL GET SEVERE PENALTIES IF IT ASSISTS ARM TO RUSSIA

As for China and Russia, we are concerned. We are afraid that China will give arms to Russia. In this way, there is also a violation of sanctions. China understood the risks we described. Other countries have also reported that if China continues to help Russia, it could impose severe sanctions.



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