Tillerson Meets Turkey’s Erdogan in Bid to Defuse an Emerging Crisis
Talks come as U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and his Turkish counterpart also meet
The U.S. and Turkey are attempting to bridge differences over their operations in northern Syria, holding a battery of meetings this week to defuse tensions between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday evening in Ankara, and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis met twice this week with his Turkish counterpart, in Rome and Brussels.
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