Turkey was played again?Foreign media: The US House of Representatives passed the bill to set up obstacles for the F-16 army sales

Comprehensive Reuters and other foreign media reported that on July 14, local time, the US House of Representatives approved a bill amendment to restrict the US selling F-16 fighters to Turkey. US President Biden set up new obstacles.

The F-16 fighter of the Turkish Air Force. Source: Visual China

The US House House of Representatives passed the draft "National Defense Authorization Law 2023" on Thursday to increase the total defense budget of the United States in 2023 to $ 850.3 billion. The restrictions on selling F-16 fighter transactions to Turkey as a revision of the F-16 fighter transactions as a revision of the Frank Pallone and Chris Pappas are a revision of the National Defense Authorization Act.

According to Reuters, the amendment will prohibit the United States from selling or transferring F-16 fighters to Turkey, unless the Bayeng government can prove that doing so is "crucial" for US national security. In addition, in order to ensure that these fighters are not used by Turkey's unauthorized "flying over Greece's airspace", the amendment also stipulates the specific steps that should be taken to this.

Erdogan and Biden. Source: Visual China

In addition to the US House of Representatives, Biden's plan to sell F-16 to Turkey also faces opposition from the Senate. Bob Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Democratic Senator, previously stated that he was opposed to selling F-16 fighters to Turkey, which was responsible for reviewing major US foreign military sales transactions.

According to Reuters earlier, in Turkish President Erdogan, he expressed support for Sweden and Finland to join NATO shortly after June 30, and Bynden, who attended the NATO Summit in Madrid, Spain on June 30, has publicly stated that the United States supports the sale of F-16 fighters to Turkey. He also said that "confidence" was approved by Congress. Biden said at the time: "I said in December last year that we should sell the F-16 fighters to them and modernize these jets.

Turkey's F-16 fleet. Source: Visual China

Turkey made a request to the United States in October 2021, planning to purchase 40 F-16 fighters and nearly 80 modern kits to upgrade the Turkish Air Force. At present, it is unclear how Turkey will cope with this US F-16 export restrictions that may become law.

The United States "Politico) pointed out that although the opposition from the U.S. Congress made it difficult for Biden to sell the F-16 fighter to Turkey, he had an option to break through this obstacle. He can announce an emergency state, bypass the Congress review procedures, and take the opportunity to sell fighter jets to Turkey. Former US President Trump had used this method when he refused to approve him for selling weapons to Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

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