Biden Urges Erdogan to Approve Sweden's NATO Bid and Discusses F-16s.
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US President Joe Biden congratulated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his re-election and discussed issues such as Turkey's desire to buy F-16 fighter jets and Sweden's bid to join NATO. Biden told Erdogan that the US wanted Ankara to drop its objection to Sweden's membership in the alliance. Erdogan repeated Ankara's desire to buy the US-made aircraft. Biden said he expected more discussions on the matter next week. Sweden and Finland applied for NATO membership last year, but Turkey and Hungary have objected to Sweden's membership.
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