Netanyahu warns Trump: “Would upset balance of power”

Shortly before the NATO summit in Ankara, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu US President Donald Trump before selling fighter jets to Turkey warned. Netanyahu told the US broadcaster on Monday Fox NewsTurkey should not receive any F-35 aircraft or fighter jet engines. This would be “that Disrupt the balance of power in the Middle East“, which is guaranteed by Israeli air sovereignty and by the US military in the region.

Trump: Will make Erdogan “very happy.”

Trump had said about the arms deal that he would become the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan probably make you “very happy”. Experts expect Trump to promise Erdogan around 40 F-110 fighter jet engines on the sidelines of the NATO summit on Tuesday and Wednesday. Turkey wants to install them in KAAN stealth aircraft of its own production. They are intended to replace the Turkish Air Force’s aging F-16 fleet.

Erdogan had also repeatedly expressed his desire for F-35 aircraft. However, this would require the approval of the US Congress, where there is resistance to the arms deal.

The F-35 is considered one of the most modern fighter jets in the world. It was originally developed by the USA in cooperation with Turkey and other NATO countries. However, the US excluded Ankara from the project in 2019 after the NATO partner acquired missile defense systems from Russia. However, Trump has since improved relations with Erdogan.

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