BRITAIN AND TURKEY SIGN ACCORD- Ankara is set to use Eurofighter Typhoon fighters
Britain and Turkey have signed a memorandum of understanding to allow Ankara to be a user of Eurofighter Typhoon fighters, in a big step toward securing the procurement of the jets over which Turkey has been negotiating for years.
Turkey has been in talks to purchase 40 of the jets, which are built by a consortium of Germany, Britain, Italy, and Spain, represented by Airbus, BAE Systems and Leonardo.
Earlier, the Spiegel magazine reported that Germany had also cleared the way for the delivery of 40 jets to Turkey, following a positive decision by the federal security council.
Britain said negotiations with Turkey over a deal to sell 40 Typhoon Eurofighter jets will continue over the coming weeks, after the countries signed the memorandum of understanding.
