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Trump’s Cabinet Appointments to 'Play Crucial Role' in US Anti-Daesh Fight

© AFP 2023 / Don EMMERTDonald Trump speaks to the crowd during a rally February 8, 2016 in Manchester, NH
Donald Trump speaks to the crowd during a rally February 8, 2016 in Manchester, NH - Sputnik International
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The upcoming appointment of a new US state secretary and other White House officials is set to define whether President-elect Donald Trump will step up the fight against Daesh terrorists in Iraq and Syria, Xosawi Bebekir, a representative of the Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party, told Sputnik on Tuesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Last week, Syria's Kurdish Democratic Union Party urged Washington to engage in cooperation with Syrian Kurds if Trump seriously aimed to combat terrorism in Syria, which was one of the main pledges in his election campaign.

"Trump has given a lot of pre-election promises, he has spoken against Daesh stating that [outgoing US President Barack] Obama has not been acting effectively and they need to find other methods. If he can do it… I think that people closest to him [will decide this]. Who becomes the state secretary also plays an important role. I hope he will be guided toward settling the question in the right way," Bebekir said.

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He added that the newly-elected US president would need to find methods of a fight against the jihadists that could including all stakeholders in the conflict, such as Moscow and the Kurds, creating Geneva-like negotiations to defeat Daesh.

"Trump is being discussed by the whole global community. As he has no experience in working in the president’s administration, it’s not clear who he is," the Kurdish politician concluded.

Ahead of the US presidential elections, Trump has said that the United States should stop trying to overthrow Assad and instead start looking for a diplomatic solution jointly with Russia.

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