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USA speeds up F-16 planes to Ankara

Turkish Parliament has ratified Sweden's membership of NATO

The American ambassador to Turkey Jeff Flake announced today that within a few days President Tayyip Erdogan could give the definitive green light to Sweden's membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). In this regard, the diplomat said that the US Congress is ready to take "rapid steps" to approve the sale of Lockheed Martin F-16 "Fighting Falcon" fighter jets to Ankara. "I see no...

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