Signed by Vice Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Jim Rees, an informal process in Congress For sale of F-35 fighters to Greece.

Now the request is returned State Department and within the next 24 hours, a US government formal notice will be sent to Congress for final approval. This is now a formal process that will lead to the completion of the sale process with a 2028 horizon.

This was preceded by the signatures of the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Robert MenendezRepublican House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Mike McCall and Vice Chairman Gregory Meeks.

Recall that her corresponding request Türkiye For sale and modernization of F-16 fighters it is still in the informal process and cannot proceed unless the four legislators mentioned above give the green light.

To date, only Republican Mike McCall has hinted that if Sweden’s entry into NATO respond positively to the Turkish request.

Sources in Washington say that yesterday’s event is clear evidence of the importance that USA in their relationship with her Hellasfor on a cross-party level, they do not hesitate to give a clear qualitative advantage to our country’s defensive armor at a time when (post-Turkish elections) a dynamic that will shape US-Turkish relations is at stake.

According to congressional sources, deepening Greek-American relations in recent years is such that it now requires their consideration, regardless of how the US-Turkish relations develop.

The final signature of US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Republican Vice Chairman Jim Reese on the text accompanying the approval of the F-35 sale to Greece is seen by Athens as a vote of confidence in the staunch Greeks. American Relations. The bottom line is that US-Turkish relations will not improve at the expense of Greek-American relations.