American F-16 Fighting Falcon. File photoANKARA, Mar 27The talks between the Turkish and US delegations on the supply of F-16 fighter jets were positive and constructive, Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said. The US had previously sent an official notice to Turkey about its exclusion from the program deliveries of the latest F-35 fighters due to Ankara's purchase of Russian S-400 air defense systems. The US canceled the joint memorandum on the F-35 with Turkey, signing it with the seven remaining partners in the F-35 project — the UK, Italy, the Netherlands, Australia, Denmark, Canada and Norway. The Turkish President said that the United States offered his country to buy F-16 fighters after it was excluded from the F-35 supply program. with the United States on the F-35 «… We had talks with US Secretary of Defense Austin. Subsequently, they sent delegations to Turkey twice, these delegations met and talked with our delegations. The negotiations between the delegations were very positive and constructive. Members of the delegation, the Americans, said «that our work and requirements here are reasonable, logical and they support them. However, the process has a congressional dimension, after they do their work, they said that they will transfer it to the congress, we are following this process,» Akar quotes TV channel CNN Turk.
