Turkey says meeting with US on Syria 'positive'

'We witnessed with satisfaction that our partners grew closer to our position [in northeastern Syria]. The [Turkey-US] meetings were positive and quite constructive' Turkey’s Defence Minister Hulusi Akar

Turkey's Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said that talks with the US aimed at averting the need for a Turkish military intervention into northern Syria had been"positive."

Turkish-US talks on a planned safe zone in northeast Syria has been "positive and rather constructive" and the United States is getting closer to Turkey's views on the issue, Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said on Wednesday. "We witnessed with satisfaction that our partners grew closer to our position. The meetings were positive and quite constructive."Ankara expects the creation of a 30-40km safe zone in northern Syria and has stressed that it wants the YPG/PYD terror group cleared from the region.

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