ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey is pleased with its deal with the United States regarding the procurement of Block-70 F-16 fighter jets and modernisation kits, and the process is continuing as planned, Defence Minister Yasar Guler said.
“We hope the project will be completed without any problems until the last jet is delivered,” Guler said in written responses to Reuters questions, adding that officials from the two NATO allies are still discussing details of the deal.
(Reporting by Tuvan Gumrukcu and Huseyin Hayatsever; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)
