A press conference in New York, in view of his participation in the work of the 80th UN General Assembly, was given by the Turkish Foreign Minister. THE Hakan Fidan He sent a warning to the US that unless the CAATSA sanctions on the F-35s and 5th generation fighter engines were lifted, his country would find a solution to the international system.
In his speech, Hakan Fidan could not be mentioned in the Great “bazaar” between Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Donald Trump. The Foreign Minister commented that during their meeting it was agreed to work to solve the problems that keep Turkey and the US.
Talking about the subject of sanctions caatsa He said that it is a big problem for Turkey. As far as the fighter engines are concerned, he revealed how The license is stuck in Congress.
“Sanctions are a systemic problem that prevents the sale of defense systems between two allies. For example are the F-35s, as we expect the fighter engines, this license is stuck in the Congress. The permission must be given to come and start the production of Kaan. It is a technical problem, but systematically, when there are restrictions on our relationships with the US, it does not want it to lead us to different searches in the international system. “
Turkey has invested quite a bit in the KAAN program which aims Strengthening its defense industry.
The fact that licenses have been blocked, creates serious Problem in both production and programming.
‘As long as we breathe, there is always hope’, He said characteristically, expressing his optimism that in the end Turkey will find the edge.
Turkey is the belief that successful progress with Kaan and the creation of a domestic fighter fighter generation will force Washington to change its calculations as the program threatens to drastically reduce Turkey’s dependence on US weapons systems.