WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter has met with Turkish Minister of Defense Fikri Isık on the sidelines of a NATO ministerial in Brussels, Belgium to discuss the fight against Daesh and the situation in Afghanistan, US Department of Defense spokesperson Peter Cook said in a Twitter message on Tuesday.
.@NATO- #SecDef and @fikriisik had a good discussion on #ISIL, terrorism, Afghanistan and more. pic.twitter.com/0YxVmQ7uJ6
— Peter Cook (@PentagonPresSec) 14 июня 2016 г.
The US-led coalition of more than 60 nations, including Turkey, has been carrying out airstrikes against Daesh in Syria and Iraq since the summer of 2014.
Daesh has been designated as a terrorist organization and is outlawed in numerous countries, including in the United States and Russia.
