Intel: Erdogan reportedly agrees to ship ventilator parts, PPE to United States
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is approving an export permit that will allow Turkey to sell personal protective equipment (PPE) and ventilator parts to the United States.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is approving an export permit that will allow Turkey to sell personal protective equipment (PPE) and ventilator parts to the United States, the Middle East Eye reported today.
Erdogan reportedly told Donald Trump he would issue an export exemption for hazmat suits, gloves, face masks and spare parts needed for the United States to manufacture ventilators during a call between the two leaders on Sunday.
A shipment of medical equipment from Egypt is also set to arrive in the United States today.
Why it matters: Turkey has also agreed to export PPE to the United Kingdom, Spain and Italy. But that has not been without incident amid the global scramble to secure medical equipment for front-line health care workers fighting the pandemic. The Turkish government reportedly seized a PPE shipment that Madrid had paid millions for earlier this month, before ultimately allowing it to proceed to Spain.
