Manbij at the table meeting between Erdogan and Trump in Paris

Manbij at the table meeting between Erdogan and Trump in Paris

Nov 06 2018

ARK News: Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said there is a prospective meeting that he would meet with US President, Donald Trump in Paris between November 10 and 11.

This came at a press conference held by his Ukrainian counterpart Pietro Poroshenko in Istanbul after the meeting of the high-level Turkish-Ukrainian strategic counsel.

Erdogan clarified that "we will have a meeting with Mr. Trump face-to-face, and we will discuss various topics during that,” pointing that he discussed with Trump two days ago the latest developments in northern Syria, mainly the Syrian region of Manbij, and many bilateral issues between the two countries, according to the Anatolia news agency reported.

Erdogan also discussed the roadmap with the United States regarding the Manbij region in rural Aleppo province, north of Syria, stressing that Turkey's goal is to exit the YPG organization, which Turkey considers as a terrorist organization.

It is noteworthy that Washington and Ankara have recently been intensifying coordination on northern Syria, which they patrolled Thursday, the first joint patrol in Manbij, after the Turkish army patrols going separately, but in coordination with the US Army.


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