A much-anticipated contact between senior Turkish and American officials took place in Ankara on Jan. 8 in which Washington’s abrupt decision to withdraw troops from Syria and its potential aftereffects have been discussed.
On the same day a high-level delegation led by John Bolton, the United States national security advisor, will hold talks in Ankara on Jan. 8, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will embark on a massive Middle East tour that includes all six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, along with Jordan and Egypt.
Turkish and U.S. delegations will hold key talks on Jan. 8 in Ankara to discuss a host of issues related to the United States’ decision to withdraw troops from Syria.
Hürriyet Daily News readers will surely remember the very interesting conversation between United States President Donald Trump and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Dec. 14 which led the former to order the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria.
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United States President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of the American troops from Syria on Dec. 19 after a phone conversation with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that took place on Dec. 14.
As this column suggested last week, there are positive signs in the normalization of the relationship between Turkey and the United States, particularly after the latter’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, which is set to resolve one of the top disagreements — the YPG’s role in the fight against ISIL — with Turkey.
The total and immediate pullout of U.S. troops from Syria surely corresponds to the beginning of a new era in the seven-year-old civil war in the Middle Eastern country. This sudden move by U.S. President Donald Trump will bring about important consequences to the entire region with drastic impacts on the fight against terrorism, ongoing efforts for a political settlement to the Syrian civil war and the positions of various states and non-state actors.
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has pointed out that ties between Ankara and Washington have entered a new atmosphere since the release of pastor Andrew Brunson mid-October.
