President Erdoğan meets with US Secretary of State Blinken

According to a statement from the Directorate of Communications, AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

During the meeting, bilateral relations between Turkey and the United States, recent developments in Syria, and global and regional issues were discussed. President Erdoğan stated that Turkey's efforts to develop Turkey-US relations in every field will continue in the new period.

During the meeting, President Erdoğan stated that Turkey has been in favor of protecting the territorial integrity, unity, and unitary structure of Syria from the very beginning, and that the international community should work together on the restoration and reconstruction of institutions in Syria.

AKP Chairman and President Erdoğan said that Turkey will take preventive measures primarily for its own national security against all terrorist organizations operating in Syria that pose a threat to Turkey, especially the PKK/PYD/YPG and ISIS; that as the only NATO country to have fought hand-to-hand against ISIS, it will prevent the efforts of the PKK and its affiliates to turn the situation on the ground into an opportunity; and that it will never allow any weakness to occur in the fight against ISIS.

President Erdoğan was accompanied at the meeting by Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan, Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun, Chief Advisor to the President on Foreign Policy and Security Akif Çağatay Kılıç, and Chief of Staff to the President Hasan Doğan.

News Source: 12punto