The US State Department highlighted a “new era of partnership” in Türkiye-US relations following a gathering Tuesday of the Türkiye-US Syria Working Group in Washington, DC.
The assembly introduced collectively Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Nuh Yilmaz and US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau.
According to a State Department readout, Landau “underscored the strong U.S.-Türkiye bilateral relationship as a new era of partnership, advancing cooperation between our two nations across a broad range of issues toward common goals of peace, trade and commerce.”
“The two sides discussed the importance of fulfilling President (Donald) Trump’s announcement of sanctions relief for Syria and recognized the need to maintain the territorial integrity of a stable, united Syria that is not a safe haven for terrorism,” the assertion added.
A joint assertion issued after the Syria Working Group assembly stated that Türkiye and the US are dedicated to rising cooperation and coordination on stability and safety in Syria as outlined by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his US counterpart Donald Trump.
Last week, Trump introduced at an funding discussion board in Riyadh that he would raise the “brutal and crippling” sanctions on Syria on the request of President Erdogan and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. A day later, Trump held a landmark assembly with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia—the primary between US and Syrian leaders in 25 years.
Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s chief for almost 25 years, fled to Russia on Dec. 8, 2024, ending the Baath Party regime, which had been in energy since 1963.
Al-Sharaa, who led anti-regime forces to oust Assad, was declared president for a transitional interval in late January.
Source: www.anews.com.tr