A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has filed amendments to the National
Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would prevent Turkiye from receiving F-16
fighter jets if Ankara continues its territorial overflights and air space
violations in the Aegean.
The amendment was proposed by Greek-American member of parliament Chris Pappas
and co-signed by Dina Titus, Carolyn B. Maloney, Charlie Crist, and John
Sarbanes.
The US president
is prohibited by this amendment from transferring weapons to a NATO member
country that has repeatedly violated the airspace or the sovereignty or
territorial integrity of another NATO member country in the previous year.
It also requires the President to state that supplying the
materials to Turkiye is in the best interests of the US.
