Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet with US counterpart Joe Biden at the White House on May 9, a Turkish official told AFP on Friday.
It would be the first White House meeting between the two leaders.
The Biden administration in January approved $23 billion in F-16 warplanes for Turkey swiftly after it ratified Sweden`s stalled NATO membership bib.
Some analysts additionally linked Turkey`s continued delays to Erdogan`s anger at Washington for its support of how Israel is pursuing its war against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip.
Erdogan has turned into one of the Muslim world`s harshest critics of Israel`s devastating response to the unprecedented October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas.
The Turkish leader has compared Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler and accused the United States of sponsoring the "genocide" of Palestinians.
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