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Turkish FM, US State Secretary Discuss Syria in Phone Talks - Source

© AFP 2023 / NICHOLAS KAMMTurkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu speaks during a discussion on "Turkey-US Strategic Partnership: Looking to the Future" at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on March 21, 2017
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu speaks during a discussion on Turkey-US Strategic Partnership: Looking to the Future at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on March 21, 2017 - Sputnik International
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ANKARA (Sputnik) - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and US State Secretary Mike Pompeo discussed the situation in Syria in a phone conversation on Thursday, a source in the Turkish Foreign Ministry told Sputnik.

"Today, our minister held phone talks with US State Secretary Mike Pompeo, they discussed the situation in Syria," the source said.

A U.S. soldier sits on an armored vehicle behind a sand barrier at a newly installed position near the tense front line between the U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council and the Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij, north Syria, Wednesday, April 4, 2018 - Sputnik International
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The talks between Cavusoglu and Pompeo came after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said earlier this week that Turkey could launch a military operation within days against the US-backed Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) east of the Euphrates River in northern Syria.

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US-Turkish relations have suffered a setback amid Ankara's concerns over US support for the YPG. Ankara has also repeatedly accused Washington of failing to fulfil its promises regarding the withdrawal of the YPG from Syria’s Manbij.

Ankara regards YPG as an affiliate of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), outlawed in Turkey.

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