Turkey fears the Kurdish-controlled part of northern Syria could be used as a base of operations against its territory. “The people of South Carolina don’t want us to get into a war with Turkey, a NATO member, or with Syria,” Trump said. “I will not ever be quiet about matters of national security.”“And here’s what I would tell the president,” he added. Pompeo said the main goal of meeting with Erdogan was to secure a cease-fire between Turkish and Kurdish forces. Short said that Pence had no personal relationship with Erdogan to lean on, although they had met when Erdogan visited Washington.

Source: bd News24 October 17, 2019 03:33 UTC