The US government believes that a possible sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey would be in the interests of US national security and would also serve the long-term unity of NATO, the State Department said in a letter to Congress, which did not explicitly supported the agreement. This move has obviously upset Athens and the Greek diaspora in the US, Last week, HALC ogether with a coalition of partners, launched a campaign to prevent the sale of American F-16s to Turkey. The hashtag #NoJetsForTurkey went viral on Twitter, hovering in the top ten trends in the United States throughout the entire day. Over 1 million people have seen the campaign on social media, and we've been able to contact most of the US Senate. Contact your Senator today and ask that they oppose Turkey's request! Take action here: http://hellenicleaders.com/ nojetsforturkey. 

The United States stance on the EastMed pipeline is that the project is extremely expensive, the waters very deep, and the natural gas project linking Egypt, Israel, Greece and Europe may need over a decade to be completed, US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland said in an interview to ERT correspondent in Washington Lena Argyri.

• March 15, 2022
• Published in Greece