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The US Congress cannot support the $20 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey until Ankara ratifies the NATO memberships of Sweden and Finland, a bipartisan group of senators said on Thursday.

WASHINGTON - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic said in Washington the National Prayer Breakfast, which he will be attending on Thursday, was a good opportunity to hold a series of other bilateral meetings.

Dacic said it would be good if the Serbian delegation spoke with members of the US Congress and State Department officials about developments in Kosovo-Metohija.

Türkiye will choose another way if the Congress of the United States imposes conditions for sale of F-16 fighter jets demanded by Türkiye, Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın said on Jan. 31.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic will on Tuesday begin a three-day visit to Washington during which he will attend the National Prayer Breakfast event and meet with high-ranking US officials tasked with Western Balkan affairs, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

Toyota named Koji Sato president and CEO on Jan. 26, in a surprise reshuffle that sees third-generation chief executive Akio Toyoda step aside to become board chairman of the world's top-selling automaker.

The Japanese automaker said Sato, 53, would also become operating officer when the changes to its executive structure take effect on April 1.

Representatives from 50 countries are set to gather in Germany on Jan. 20 to discuss support for the next stage of Ukraine's war against Russia, one day after the United States and European allies announced substantial new arms shipments.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken thanked his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu for Türkiye's support to Ukraine's sovereignty, along with its efforts to continue export of Ukrainian grain to the world markets, the U.S. ambassador said on Jan. 19.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Wednesday said he expected the United States to approve a $20 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, saying the planned acquisition is in line with the "joint strategic interests" of both Washington and Ankara.

BELGRADE - Serbian Ambassador to the US Marko Djuric said on Monday Kosovo's ethnic Albanians had no carte blanche support from the US for everything they did and that Pristina's PM Albin Kurti was greatly deluded and "still living in 1999."

The new US Congress was plunged into disarray Tuesday as renegade right-wing Republicans blocked favorite Kevin McCarthy from becoming speaker of the House of Representatives in a series of humiliating votes seen as a rebuke to the party establishment.