“Turkey will suspend Operation Source of Peace to allow Kurdish forces to leave the safe zone,” Pence said during a briefing.
According to him, the ceasefire will be valid for 120 days.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump said that following the visit of Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Turkey, “great news” came from Turkey and “millions of lives will be saved.”
Turkey’s military operation in the SAR began on October 9. According to Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan, its goal is to eliminate the terrorist threat against the country and create a security zone where it is planned to return Syrian refugees.