The deal, said to be worth about $300 million, is expected to further deepen defense ties between the NATO allies. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also raised the issue of the F-16 sale with his US counterpart in a phone call in March. Until the Ukrainian war, Turkey was thought of as not a good ally. This move, therefore, risks making Turkey look like the ‘Hungary inside the EU’ in terms of its membership in NATO,” he said. Turkey’s position on Sweden and Finland’s NATO membership is being reviewed in Washington as well.

Source: Libya Today May 14, 2022 17:55 UTC