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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has said he is hopeful that Trump will find a solution to end years-long US sanctions on Turkey’s defense industry.
The so-called CAATSA sanctions were applied after Turkey acquired Russian S-400 defense systems in 2019, also resulting in the country’s removal from an F-35 fighter jet development and procurement system.
The sanctions “should be corrected,” Fidan said in an interview with Reuters on Friday. “I think [US President Donald] Trump, with his problem-solving techniques and his team, will be able to come up with some sort of solution.”