Erdogan says Turkey awaiting US move on F-16 sales after approving Sweden NATO bid

Turkey is awaiting the next move from the United States on Ankara's request to buy F-16 fighter jets and modernisation kits after ratifying Sweden's NATO membership bid, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday.

Speaking to reporters in Istanbul a day after signing off on parliament's ratification of the Swedish move to join the western military alliance, Erdogan said his foreign minister was working in close coordination with his U.S. counterpart on the matter.

"We are waiting for this," Erdogan told a TV station live on Friday.