The main theme of the upcoming negotiations of the presidents of Turkey and the United States in Glasgow will be the situation with fighters of the fifth generation F-35. Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Turkish journalists on the plane, returning from Azerbaijan.
It seems that the agenda in Rome and Glasgow has changed. Most likely, our meeting will not pass in Rome, but in Glasgow. And on it, of course, the very important topic will be the situation with the F-35, “Erdogan stressed.
The President of Turkey recalled that Ankara paid $ 1.4 billion for American fighters, “as for this payment, we will have to discuss what to do with it. What a plan to repay this amount by the United States,” the Turkish leader added .
USA, trying to put pressure on Turkey after purchasing it from Russia with anti-aircraft missile systems (VIS) S-400, in 2019 refused to supply the F-35 fifth generation aircraft to this country.