“Newly elected US President Donald Trump may begin withdrawing US troops from Syria after taking office.”
Oku.AzThis was stated by the Turkish Minister of National Defense, Yashar Güler, in an interview with the “TV100” channel.
“During his previous presidency, Trump ordered the withdrawal of American troops from Syria three times. But at that time it was the eve of the elections, so the problem was not resolved and remained as it is. I think Trump will Now we will focus seriously on this issue and we will achieve the withdrawal of troops from Syria,” said the minister.
Yashar Güler also spoke about the possibility of meeting Türkiye’s demands for the supply of “F-16” and “F-35” fighters during Donald Trump’s second term.
“At the moment, our relations with our American friends are quite positive, no setback is expected. I think we can go further. We want to buy 40 F-16 Vipers, and we will buy them, contracts have been signed. After that, 40 more “. We will buy Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft. “Germany has long resisted not delivering these aircraft to Turkey, but as a result, with the contributions of our NATO friends, England, Italy and Spain, Germany finally gave a positive response,” the Defense Minister said.