US Senator Menendez tells committee he opposes arms sales to Turkey
Chair of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Robert ("Bob") Menendez expressed his opposition to the sale of new arms to Turkey on Tuesday.
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Chair of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Robert ("Bob") Menendez expressed his opposition to the sale of new arms to Turkey on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz discussed the support for Ukraine, the energy crisis, but also escalating Turkish provocativeness during their meeting on Tuesday, on the sidelines of the second day of the extraordinary EU summit in Brussels.
The upgrade of Greek-American relations, the imminent acquisition of F-35s and the internationalization of the Turkish challenges by Athens are the three main reasons for the barrage of threats from Ankara officials.