{"id":15541,"date":"2019-02-15T07:25:52","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T07:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/?p=15541"},"modified":"2019-02-15T07:25:52","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T07:25:52","slug":"congress-puts-brakes-on-pending-u-s-arms-sales-to-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/?p=15541","title":{"rendered":"Congress Puts Brakes on Pending U.S. Arms Sales to Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8212; HALC and ANCA Welcome Broad Bi-Partisan Support for Statutory Restrictions<\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON, DC &#8212;<\/strong>Congress passed a far-ranging spending bill today that includes two provisions regarding Turkey that are backed by the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) and the Hellenic American Leadership Council (HALC).<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nThe first provision blocks the sale of weapons to Turkish President Recep Erdogan\u2019s security detail unless Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reports to Congress that members of that detail, charged with beating U.S. protesters in May of 2017 in Washington, DC, are brought to justice.<\/p>\n<p>The second prohibits the delivery of U.S. F-35s to Turkey until the Defense Department submits a report to Congress regarding the national security consequences of Ankara acquiring Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missiles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe welcome the Congress\u2019 continuing vigilance with regards to the regional implications of arms sales to Turkey,\u201d said Hellenic American Leadership Council Executive Director Endy Zemenides and ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian.\u00a0 \u201cThe reporting requirements in this legislation represent meaningful progress in holding Turkey accountable for its increasingly reckless conduct in the region and brazenly violent actions here on our own shores.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hamparian and Zemenides continued, \u201cUnfortunately, even the reasonable and relatively mild restriction on F-35 sales \u2013 premised on giving Turkey a chance to improve its behavior as an ally \u2013 is already proving to be too optimistic, as Turkey &#8211; as recently as today &#8211; reaffirmed its intention to take delivery of the Russian S-400 missile system over strong American objections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bill, which passed both the Senate and House overwhelmingly, is headed to the White House for signature.\u00a0 President Trump is set to sign the measure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8212; HALC and ANCA Welcome Broad Bi-Partisan Support for Statutory Restrictions WASHINGTON, DC &#8212;Congress passed a far-ranging spending bill today that includes two provisions regarding Turkey that are backed by the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) and the Hellenic American Leadership Council (HALC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[126],"class_list":["post-15541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-anca"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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