Mantzos on US government's decision to give the green light for the sale of F-16 fighter jets

Opposition PASOK-Movement for Change parliamentary group spokesperson Dimitris Mantzos in an interview with the public broadcaster ERT radio on Saturday referred to US government's decision to give the green light for the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey stated "It confirms our fear that Turkey continues the bargaining with the West in its own interest. I wonder how our country can receive guarantees that these weapons and mostly the aircraft will not be used in an undesirable involvement scenario against our country, Mantzos said

He also reiterated the need for the government to brief the political forces and estimated that "what we should understand as a country is that our privileged area is EU. The strengthening of the Common Foreign Policy and Civil Security in EU is a one way road".