US will complicate transfer of Turkey F-16 fighters

The House of Representatives of the US Congress voted to amend the defense budget, which will complicate the transfer of Turkey F-16 fighters, demanding that Ankara would not invade them into the airspace of Greece, Reuters reports.

244 congressmen voted, against – 179. Representatives of the Democratic Party Frank Pallon and Chris Pappas.

came up with the initiative.

After the House of Representatives will vote for $ 850 billion for the defense budget, the Senate will approve its version of the document. After that, the two chambers will have to develop a consolidated version of the document.

Recall that the United States excluded Turkey from the F-16 production program for the purchase of Russian anti-aircraft missile systems S-400.