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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is planning to visit the United States on May 9, a presidential official told dpa on Friday. Erdogan’s visit is expected to include a meeting with US President Joe Biden, the official said. This would be the first Erdogan-Biden meeting in Washington since Biden was elected in 2020. The planned meeting follows US approval for the sale of 40 F-16 fighter jets to Turkey. The green light came after Ankara ratified Sweden’s accession to NATO. The two NATO allies have yet to agree on a number of sticking points, among them US support to Syrian Kurdish militia w…

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