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New CIA Director Reportedly Arrives in Ankara in First Overseas Visit

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New CIA Director Reportedly Arrives in Ankara in First Overseas Visit

12:47 GMT 09.02.2017 (Updated: 11:32 GMT 06.08.2022)

Representative Mike Pompeo pauses as he testifies before a Senate Intelligence hearing on his nomination to head the CIA on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 12, 2017 - Sputnik International

US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Mike Pompeo has arrived in the Turkish city of Ankara, local media reported on Thursday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The CIA director is reportedly set to discuss with Turkish authorities the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the Fethullah Gulen Terrorist Organization (FETO).

"CIA Director Mike Pompeo arrives in #Turkish capital in his first overseas visit," Anadolu news agency wrote on Twitter.

CIA chief arrives in #Turkey on first overseas trip https://t.co/Op7qnlhRNg pic.twitter.com/lHuNqM9EoX
— ANADOLU AGENCY (ENG) (@anadoluagency) 9 февраля 2017 г.

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters walk with their weapons during an offensive against Islamic State militants in northern Raqqa province, Syria - Sputnik International

Key Reason Why Syria Will Remain 'Source of Tensions' for US-Turkey Relations

9 February 2017, 11:48 GMT

Earlier, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said that US President Donald Trump assured Recep Tayyip Erdogan that the US will take Islamic preacher Gulen's extraditon to Turkey serously.

Ankara considers the PYD and its armed wing, the People's Protection Units (YPG), to be affiliated with the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), which is designated as a terrorist group in Turkey and the United States.