The UK signed a preliminary agreement on the sale of Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets to Turkey, a multibillion-dollar defense deal long held up by political tensions between Ankara and its NATO allies.
The two countries “share a mutual ambition to conclude the necessary arrangements as soon as possible,” according to a statement on Wednesday from Turkey’s Defense Ministry, which announced the memorandum of understanding in Istanbul.
The agreement came after Germany’s Security Council, which had blocked the sale because of tensions between Turkey and its neighbor Greece, approved the request for 40 Eurofighter jets, a spokesman for Chancellor
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