Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that the conditions set by the U.S House of Representatives that the F-16s may only be sold to Ankara and should not be used to violate Greek airspace is not binding, according to the text of statements he made on his return flight from Tehran and released by the Turkish presidency.

Speaking to reporters on the flight, Tayyip Erdogan said U.S President Joe Biden did not set any conditions on the sale of the jets when the two met on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Madrid last month.

Repeating his threat to veto Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership if the two countries do not keep their promises, Turkey’s president said almost all northern European countries had turned into “nests of terrorism” and added that NATO member countries Germany, the Netherlands, France, Italy, and Britain also allow organisations that Turkey considers to be terrorist organisations to operate freely.

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