Turkey's Erdogan says U.S. visit to herald new beginning in relationship

REUTERS

 

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia, May 3, 2017. REUTERS/Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool/Files

 

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday his visit to the United States next week would herald a new beginning in relations between the two countries.

 

Relations between the NATO allies have been strained by differences over Syria policy. The United States has announced a plan to arm the Syrian Kurdish YPG in the fight against Islamic State, infuriating Turkey, which sees the YPG as an extension of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

 

Erdogan atold a news conference that he believed the United States was still going through a "transition period", and that decisions such as the arming the YPG dated back to policies from the previous administration.

 

Erdogan is due to meet President Donald Trump during his May 16-17 trip to Washington.

 

(Reporting by Humeyra Pamuk and Daren Butler; Writing by David Dolan; Editing by Dominic Evans)

 

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Birds of a feather.......

I doubt it Mr Erdogan as you are an ar5hole

These two should have a great meeting, I do think they are somewhat similar , except that President Trump does not

have the power to keep being voted in as this new Erdogan emporer has. I am just glad that Turkey is a small

European country.  555

Geezer