Rome: US President Joe Biden told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan his request for F-16 fighter jets must go through a process in the United States and express the desire to deal with disagreement between the two countries effectively.
Biden also raised human rights problems during their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 in Rome, a senior US administrative official told reporters.
Leaders meet in the midst of tensions between the two countries for the problem of defense and human rights.
A different US government official said on Saturday that Biden would warn his Turkish partner that the “steep action” action would not benefit our relationship-Turkey and that the crisis should be avoided after Erdogan threatened to throw away the US ambassador to Turkey and foreign envoys The philanthropic release imprisoned by Osman Kavala.
Erdogan then pulled his threat to expel envoy.
“President Biden reiterated our defense partnership and Turkish interests as NATO allies, but noted our concerns over Turkish ownership of the Russian S-400 missile system,” the White House said in a statement after the meeting.
“He also emphasizes the importance of strong democratic institutions, respecting human rights, and legal supremacy for peace and prosperity,” he said.
The two men discussed Turkey’s request to buy F-16 fighter jets, which were caused by members of the US Parliament on the grounds that Turkey bought the Russian missile defense system.
“The President takes up …
the desire to have it but is made very clear that there is a process that we must go through in the US and commit to continue …
work through the process,” senior administrative officials said.
Biden and Erdogan posed for photos before their conversation on Sunday.
Asked whether he planned to give Turkey F-16, Biden said they “planned to do a good conversation.”