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October 17, 201915.54 Erdogan welcomed US vice president Pence, who arrived in Turkey to urge the Turkish president to cease fire in Syria, at the presidential palace in Ankara. Erdogan had complained about "the continuing lack of respect" of the US against Ankara. After giving the green light to the "Peace Source" operation, Washington has repeatedly criticized the Turkish intervention in the north-east of Syria, aimed at striking Kurdish Ypg militias, threatening economic sanctions