Pompeo Welcomes US-Turkey Talks on Safe Zone in Syria
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has welcomed the talks between Washington and Ankara on creating a safe zone in Syria, saying that “important progress” has been made.
“Pleased that talks between the U.S. & Turkey led to important progress towards establishing a sustainable security mechanism to address our shared security concerns in Northeast Syria,” Pompeo wrote on Twitter on Friday.
“Establishing a safe zone would be a big step towards achieving peace & security,” he added.
After Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened on Sunday that a military operation against the Syrian Kurdish forces was imminent, officials from Ankara and Washington met on Wednesday to discuss the Syrian crisis.
They reportedly reached an agreement to establish a joint operation center in Turkey to cooperate and manage a planned safe zone in eastern Syria. Source