Pompeo confirms in call with Çavuşoğlu to protect Kurds

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo assured his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu during phone call of his country's commitment to responding to Turkey's concerns, while ensuring to protect its allies in north and east Syria, according to official website of US Department of State. 

Pompeo confirms in call with Çavuşoğlu to protect Kurds
22 January, 2019   05:32

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On Monday, US Department of State announced in a statement released by Assistant Secretary of State Robert Baladion that two ministers discussed "continued US-Turkish cooperation in the context of the coordinated and thoughtful withdrawal of US forces from Syria."

Department of State stressed that US gives importance to protect its allies who participated with an International Coalition to fight IS, those Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in north- east Syria.

US president Donald Trump has announced on 19 December 2018, stressing that he will pull out about 2,000 US soldiers from Syrian territory.

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