U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with the Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Friday (December 13), Reuters reports.
Blinken arrived in Turkey on Thursday (December 12) for talks focused on a critical aspect of establishing stability in Syria: clashes in the north of the country between U.S.-backed Kurdish forces and Turkey-backed rebels.
Blinken met Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday at Ankara's Esenboga Airport after visiting Jordan on his first trip to the region since Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government was ousted on Sunday (December 8).
Erdogan and Blinken discussed the latest developments in Syria, with Erdogan calling on the international community to work together for the reconstruction of institutions in Syria, the Turkish presidency said in a statement.
