US Senator Menendez says he has not changed opposition to Turkey F-16 sale

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 31, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BoU.S. Senator Bob Menendez said on Wednesday he still had concerns about the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, and had not changed his hold on the sale of the aircraft.

There is "nothing new," Menendez, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told Reuters at the Capitol. "We continue to raise our concerns."