Turkey, US rebuild trust and can come to a deal on northern Syria: Tillerson

Turkey and the U.S. are beginning to rebuild trust and could come to an agreement about northern Syria, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said, Bloomberg reported on July 10.


The remarks came a day after Tillerson’s lengthy meetings with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu late on July 9 in Istanbul, where he was attending an oil conference.

“I think we’re beginning to rebuild some of the trust that we lost in one another. They lost our trust to a certain extent and we lost theirs,” Tillerson told staff at the U.S. General Consulate in Istanbul.

“We’re making some progress down in Syria. We’re hopeful that we can replicate that with Turkey on some areas in the north part of Syria,” he added.

 [hurriyetdailynews.com]

10/7/17