AHI condemns F-16 sale to Turkey, applauds F-35 sale to Greece

The American Hellenic Institute (ΑΗΙ), led by President Nick Larigakis released a statement on Monday strongly opposing the recent US decision to sell F-16 fighter jets and modernization kits to Turkey while highlighting the importance of F-35 sales to Greece.

"We reiterate our strong opposition to the United States selling new F-16 fighter jets and modernization kits to Turkey," said the statement, while citing concerns over Turkey's reliability as an ally, its violations of US and international laws and its use of Russian-made weapon systems. 

"It is unacceptable that the Biden Administration chose to notify Congress of its plan to sell Turkey arms almost directly after Turkey approved Sweden's NATO accession," highlighted the statement adding that Turkey ought to have endorsed Sweden's accession to strengthen its alliance with the US but instead, leveraged the...