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Turkey Formally Booted From US F-35 Programme, Recognition of Armenia Genocide to Hurt US Ties

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  • Washington notifies Turkey that it has been formally removed from the F-35 programme given Turkey's purchase of S-400s from Russia.
    • US says "its position has not changed. The S-400 is incompatible with F-35 and Turkey has been suspended from the programme"
  • US House calls on Biden to clearly and directly recognise the Armenian genocide.
    • Turkish FM Cavusoglu says this would harm US-Turkey relations and not be legally binding.
    • "if the US wants to make relations even worse, the choice is theirs"
  • Turkey registers new record daily increase in covid-19 cases at 91,967 and 362 deaths, ranking fourth globally in terms of daily infections based on a weekly average
  • Turkey to start well tests at the Sakarya gas field in May. 3 offshore wells containing 405bn cubic meters of gas was discovered in the Black Sea last year, representing the largest in its history.
    • Discovery is set to reduce Turkey's $12bn gas import bill dramatically
MNI London Bureau | +44 020-3983-7894 | murray.nichol@marketnews.com
MNI London Bureau | +44 020-3983-7894 | murray.nichol@marketnews.com

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