WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Carter thanked Isik for Turkish contributions to the anti-Daesh campaign, particularly Ankara’s Operation Euphrates Shield in northern Syria and efforts to close borders to the group, Cook stated.
The defense chiefs reaffirmed their nations’ resolve to defeat Daesh and discussed a variety of ways to jointly accelerate the fight, according to Cook.
In addition, Carter condemned last Saturday’s attack in Turkey by members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) that killed more than 40 people and wounded at least 150 others.
Turkey’s government considers the PKK a terrorist organization.
