“I just had a long and productive conversation with President Erdogan from Turkey. We discussed ISIL, joint participation in Syria, as well as the slow and coordinated withdrawal of US troops from the area. After many years, they are returning home, ”Trump wrote on Twitter.
He added that the question of expanding trade was also raised during the conversation.
Earlier, the newspaper The Washington Post wrote about the details of the conversation between Trump and Erdogan about the withdrawal of troops from Syria.
December 19, Trump announced the defeat of the IG in Syria. Later in the White House reported the beginning of the withdrawal of troops from the UAR.
Erdogan said that the American leader made this decision after talking with him.
* “Islamic State” (IG, ISIL) - the organization is recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated December 29, 2014.