US Deputy Secretary of State Blinken arrives in Ankara

September 27 2016 15:35:57

US Deputy Secretary of State Blinken arrives in Ankara

ANKARA – Anadolu Agency

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U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Ankara on Sept. 27 to hold a series of meetings with Turkish officials on issues of cooperation in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and discuss other bilateral and strategic issues.

During his visit, Blinken will be companied by U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, Brett McGurk, and the U.S. deputy assistant secretary at the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Jonathan Cohen.

Blinken is expected to end his visit on Sept. 28.

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