ANKARA, Jan 8 Turkey-US meeting on F-35 fighters will take place in the coming days, preparations are underway, Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said. Earlier, Akar said that the meeting is planned in Washington. «Negotiations with the United States on the F-35 continue. In the coming days, a meeting will be held in the United States on the F-35, preparations are underway.» The Anadolu agency quoted Akar as saying. Earlier, the United States sent an official notification to Turkey about its exclusion from the program of deliveries of the latest F-35 fighters due to Ankara's purchase of Russian S-400 air defense systems. The US canceled a joint F-35 memorandum signed by Turkey in January 2007 with the seven remaining F-35 project partners — the United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands, Australia, Denmark, Canada and Norway. Erdogan said earlier that the US offered his country to buy F-16 fighters after it was excluded from the F-35 supply program. Indonesia reported refusal to purchase Su-35 fighters from Russia
