Türkiye ‘more hopeful than ever’ over F-16 purchase from US: Erdogan
Ankara, The Gulf Observer: Türkiye is “more hopeful than ever” about its F-16 purchase from the US, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.
“Our expectation is that we shall reach a positive outcome. I am more hopeful than ever (about this issue),” Erdogan told a news conference on Wednesday at the end of the NATO summit in Lithuania’s capital Vilnius.
About counterterrorism, he said a relentless fight against terrorism is indispensable for Türkiye.
“We expect a resolute and clear stance from our allies on this matter,” he added.
On Quran burning in Sweden, the Turkish leader said that attacking people’s sacred values is not freedom of speech, calling it “barbarism, primitiveness, and a kind of terrorist act.”
Countries that voted against the resolution condemning the act of Quran burning in the UN Human Rights Council “should reconsider” their understanding of freedom and human rights, he urged.
On Tuesday, the UK, US, and some European Union member countries rejected condemning the burning of the Quran during an urgent debate at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva over the rising number of attacks against the Muslim holy book.
