An amendment prohibiting the sale of F-16 fighter jets or modernization kits to Turkey was accepted by the Rules Committee of the US House of Representatives.
The amendment provides that US President Joe Biden must ensure that Turkey stops overflights over the Greek islands in order to be able to proceed with the F-16 purchase.
Also, the US President cannot sell F-16 aircraft or modernization kits to the government of Turkey or to any agency or body of Turkey, unless certain conditions are met.
The first precondition is that the sale should be in the national interests of the United States.
In that case, the President should provide a detailed description of the specific measures taken to ensure that such F 16s are not used by Turkey for repeated unauthorized territorial overflights over Greece.
Source: Cyprus News Agency