His press conference was broadcast on the White House Twitter.

“Great progress has been made in Afghanistan, we will reduce (our contingent in this country. -

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) to 4 thousand troops in a very short period of time.

As in Iraq, where we will reduce (the number of our troops. -

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) to about 2 thousand troops in a very short period of time, "Trump said.

He also noted that the US is not present "in most of Syria," with the exception of oil protection.

Earlier, the White House said that Trump would announce further reductions in US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

At the end of August, it was reported that the United States would reduce the number of its military contingent in Iraq from the current 5.2 thousand to 3.5 thousand.

In mid-July, the Pentagon announced the completion of the first phase of the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, in which the United States reduced the number of troops in this country to 8.6 thousand people.