Negotiations in Ankara: US pledges to "orderly" withdraw "Kurdish formations from the north of the SAR
The meeting took place with "cold, impenetrable" faces. Only the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu allowed himself to smile, who was also present at the meeting with American guests. The delegation sent to Ankara Trump, in addition to Pence, included US Presidential Adviser on National Security Robert O'Brien, State Department head Mike Pompeo, US Ambassador to Turkey David Satterfield and Washington Special Representative for the Syrian Issue, James Jeffrey.
The meeting was held in the presidential complex and was exclusively closed, lasting more than 2,5 hours according to the official Turkish version, and more than 4 hours according to Mike Pence.
As a result, it turned out that US representatives found arguments to convince Turkey of the suspension of hostilities in northern Syria. At the same time, each side must convince its “allies” to abandon the hostilities: Turkey - the so-called "Syrian Free Army", the United States - Kurdish armed forces.
Fighting should cease within the next 5 days completely. At the same time, Mike Pence noted that the United States will contribute to the "orderly withdrawal" of Kurdish armed formations from the 30-km zone near the borders of Turkey. Where they will withdraw, - did not report.
Against this background, during a meeting with Turkish President Sergio Mattarela, Donald Trump said that the Kurdistan Workers Party "is in some moments probably worse than ISIS (a terrorist group banned in the Russian Federation)."
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