Republican senators plan to urge Turkish President Reycep Erdogan to change his mind about buying Russian missiles and to stick up for U.S. Kurdish allies in an unusual meeting at the White House this afternoon
Republican senators plan to urge Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to change his mind about buying Russian missiles and to stick up for U.S. Kurdish allies in an unusual meeting at the White House.
President Donald Trump will host a small group of Republicans who will speak to Erdogan on Wednesday, including Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Jim Risch of Idaho, Ted Cruz of Texas, and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. Rick Scott of Florida has also been invited. Republican senators have threatened to sanction Turkey or Erdogan after his incursion into Kurdish Syria.
Ernst said she “may” also bring up the issue of human rights in Turkey. Cruz said he would tell Erdogan that Turkey attacking the Kurds “would be utterly unacceptable.”Meridith McGraw contributed to this report.
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