ISTANBUL – ANSWER. Telephone communication with his American colleague, Anthony Blinkennew foreign minister of turkey, Hakan Fidan.

The conversation between the two men took place a few days after his contact. Joe Biden To Recep Tayyip Erdogan. According to the information, Mr. Anthony Blinken and Hakan Fidan discussed the issue during the conversation Sweden’s entry into NATO, which, according to Washington, should be completed by the NATO summit in July. Among the topics discussed was the issue of their purchase and modernization. F-16 fighters what Ankara wants, as well as an agreement on Ukrainian grain exports.

Broadcaster Haberturk has published a script for a possible U.S. proposal for the F-16. Haberturk analyst Cetiner Cetin argues that Washington could accept the cession of F-16 upgrade kits as well as the sale of 40 new F-16s, but on the condition that it asks Turkey to cede the old F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. has in his fleet.

The Turkish Air Force’s F-16 Block-30s will not be upgraded and are expected to be decommissioned in the coming years, however, the Turkish government maintains that the issue of fighter jets is not a negotiable issue, but Turkey’s right as a NATO member and emphasizes that Ankara is already excluded from their co-production program F-35 and the possibility of his removal from the F-16 program could lead to other alternatives.

Military analysts rule out the possibility of providing Ukraine with Turkish fighter jets, as such an event would change Tayyip Erdogan’s good relationship with Vladimir Putin.

At the meeting of the Turkish Security Council under Recep Tayyip Erdogan, there was no mention of the Aegean Sea and Greece.

It gave the impression that Turkish Airlines announced that it would make a decision in the next two months on a future purchase of 600 passenger aircraft and would negotiate with Boeing and Airbus. Analysts in the neighboring country argue that this particular purchase could be a good trump card for Ankara in order to get congressional approval for the modernization of F-16 fighters.

However, the Greek diaspora in the US is still feverishly working in the national interest and is wondering if a sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey is inevitable if Ankara ratifies Sweden’s NATO membership. Recall that in addition to Senator Bob Menendez there are other initiatives in the US Senate against Turkish persecution. “If they want, let them cancel the casus belli in the Aegean, let them stop questioning Greek sovereignty at the United Nations,” Greek American Leadership Council (HALC) executive director Eddie Zemenidis recently said, noting that Menendez and the diaspora will continue to block F -16 if Turkey doesn’t back down.

Meanwhile, the Turkish National Security Council, chaired by Recep Tayyip Erdogan, met yesterday in a new composition and gave the impression that Greece, Cyprus, the Eastern Mediterranean were not mentioned in the published statement. The absence is seen in the context of the de-escalation of the two sides and the intention expressed by Erdogan in “K” of the intention “for a new era” in relations between the two countries after the elections.