Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan mentioned on Monday that there was progress within the negotiations relating to the sale of the Eurofighter fight plane to Turkey.
Germany and Turkey have a constructive stance on the matter, state information company Anadolu cited Erdoğan as saying. “I’m satisfied that we are going to obtain our jets very quickly,” he mentioned on a return flight from Cyprus.
Turkey desires 40 Eurofighter fight jets. Since Germany is concerned within the European joint challenge, the fight jets can’t be exported with out the approval of the German authorities.
Throughout his go to to the UK final Thursday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz mentioned there had not but been a remaining determination, however they have been “on the best way to a superb determination that additionally permits a corresponding export approval.”
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer mentioned they needed to coordinate joint export campaigns.
