Turkey and the US held their largest joint military exercises in at least seven years. It is reported to be a sign of improving ties between the two nations as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeks another meeting with Joe Biden next month. Reports quoted three Turkish officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. They said that the past week’s drills, along with a visit from a bipartisan Congressional delegation, show both sides seeking to rebuild their longtime alliance. The officials reportedly said that Turkey is seeking to arrange a meeting between Erdogan and the US president on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in New Delhi, following one in Lithuania last month.
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00:00 Turkey and the US held their most extensive joint military exercises in at least seven
00:10 years.
00:11 It is reported to be a sign of improving ties between the two nations as Turkish President
00:17 Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeks another meeting with Joe Biden next month.
00:22 Reports quoted three Turkish officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
00:26 They said that the past week's drills, along with a visit from a bipartisan congressional
00:31 delegation, showed that both the sides are seeking to rebuild their long-time alliance.
00:38 The officials reportedly said that Turkey is seeking to arrange a meeting between Erdogan
00:42 and the US President on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi following one in Lithuania
00:48 last month.
00:50 The officials further said that Turkey sees the joint military exercises as recognition
00:55 by Washington of Ankara's importance as a NATO ally in a region crisscrossed by conflicts.
01:02 Last month, Erdogan dropped his long-held opposition to Sweden's NATO membership in
01:08 a bid to improve ties with the US and also in an effort to buy American-made F-16 fighter
01:14 jets.
01:15 The USS Gerard R-4, which is the world's largest aircraft carrier, visited the Turkish port
01:21 city of Antalya last week.
01:24 Turkish officials said that joint naval and combat drills involving Turkish F-16 and US
01:29 F-18 jets marked the largest joint exercises since bilateral ties hit a low in the aftermath
01:36 of a failed coup attempt against Erdogan in 2016.
01:41 American officials invited Erdogan's son-in-law Selçuk Bayraktar, who has led Turkey's development
01:46 of Bayraktar drones to the aircraft carrier in a symbolic gesture.
01:50 Meanwhile, the bipartisan congressional delegation, including Representatives Joe Wilson of South
01:56 Carolina, Dean Phillips of Minnesota and Victoria Sparks of Indiana, held talks in Ankara on
02:02 Friday.
02:04 Turkey was earlier sanctioned by the US over its acquisition of the Russian S-400 missile
02:10 defence system in 2017 and US kicked Turkey out of Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 stealth
02:16 jet program, making the F-16 purchase critical to its air force.
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