The U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, Thomas Bach, stated on Wednesday that Washington is holding talks with Ankara on its return to the F-35 fighter jet program, adding that the U.S. hopes these discussions will lead to a breakthrough in the coming months. Ankara says the decision was unfair and hopes the two sides can overcome the disagreement during U.S. President Donald Trump's second term. In a post on the X platform, Bach wrote: "The U.S. is in talks with Turkey on its return to the F-35 program." The U.S. had excluded Turkey from the advanced F-35 fighter jet program, manufactured by Lockheed Martin, and imposed sanctions on it in 2020 for purchasing the Russian S-400 air defense system.
