Amendments making sales of F-16 fighter jets to Türkiye contingent on a series of conditions have been removed in the final U.S. defense spending bill, a report said Wednesday.
Legislation approved by the House of Representatives in July sought to bar the sale to Türkiye unless the Biden administration certifies that doing so is essential to U.S. national security. It also described concrete steps taken to ensure they are not used for “unauthorized overflights” of Greece.
Ankara has been voicing its firm opposition to any conditions on the sale of the jets.
A conference committee made up of House and Senate members completed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) bill, which includes the 2023 defense budget.
According to the final version of the draft text obtained by Anadolu Agency (AA), which will be voted on by both chambers of Congress, the amendments submitted by a group of representatives were dropped from the bill.
Türkiye hailed the move and stressed that the process needs to be finalized as soon as possible.
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