Turkey Criticizes US Move to End Defense Trade Limit on Cyprus

  • Decision is a potential impediment to US fighter jet sales
  • Ankara warns of potential arms race on divided Cyprus

Security outposts lying off both sides of the United Nations Buffer Zone in Nicosia. 

Photographer: Amir Makar/AFP/Getty Images

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Turkey criticized a US move to lift defense trade restrictions for Cyprus, setting up a potential new rift in Ankara’s bid to buy US fighter jets.