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Investing.com -- Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan stated that Turkey has not abandoned its pursuit of F-35 fighter jets from the United States and has expressed its desire to rejoin the program.
Turkey was previously removed from the F-35 program following its purchase of Russian defense systems. Erdogan made these comments to reporters while returning from the NATO summit in The Hague, where he met with U.S. President Donald Trump.
"We have not given up on the F-35s. We are discussing our intention to return to the programme with our counterparts," Erdogan said Thursday, according to a statement from his office.
The Turkish president indicated that technical-level discussions about rejoining the program have already begun following his meeting with Trump.
"We discussed the issue in our meeting with Mr. Trump, talks at a technical level have started. God willing, we will make progress," Erdogan added.
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