By Merve Aydogan
ANKARA (AA) – Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his American counterpart Mike Pompeo have agreed to meet in Washington, according to Foreign Ministry spokesman Thursday.
Speaking at a news conference in capital Ankara, spokesman Hami Aksoy said the date of the visit remains undecided.
On April 27, Cavusoglu and Pompeo held a bilateral meeting during the NATO foreign ministers summit in Brussels. “Here, they discussed the implementation of the pre-agreement on Manbij, Turkey's purchase of S-400 missiles from Russia and the issue of American Pastor Andrew Craig Brunson, ” Aksoy said.
Regarding to working groups Turkey and U.S. established before, Aksoy said: “As you know, one of the working groups on consulate matters have already met. We are trying to determine a date for the other working group's meeting, it may also meet soon. ”
Turkey and the U.S. have established working groups to discuss the stabilization of Manbij, Syria and to prevent any undesirable clashes.
Both nations have been trying to iron out a number of issues, principally the issue of terrorist YPG/PKK group in Syria which the U.S. supports as a “reliable ally ” in the fight against Daesh.
