On Thursday, President Donald Trump expressed confidence that Turkiye would agree to his request to halt Russian oil purchases, adding that he may consider lifting US sanctions on Ankara to facilitate its purchase of advanced American F-35 fighter jets.

Trump told reporters after his two hours of talks with Turkiye’s President Tayyip Erdogan that their meeting was “very conclusive” on a variety of issues but offered no further details about an announcement he said would be made later.

Trump has been pressing European nations to stop purchases of Russian oil in exchange for his agreement to impose tough sanctions on Moscow to try to dry up funding for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Frustrated by Russia’s refusal to halt the fighting, Trump this week in a major shift said it was possib

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