Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed Sunday to coordinate to prevent an authority vacuum from developing as the United States withdraws from Syria, the Turkish presidency said.
In a phone call between the two leaders, Erdogan also expressed satisfaction with steps taken by Washington regarding combating terrorism in Syria and said Turkey was ready to provide any type of support, the presidency said.
"We discussed ISIS [Daesh], our mutual involvement in Syria, and the slow and highly coordinated pullout of U.S. troops from the area," Trump said in a tweet. "After many years they are coming home."
Trump said he and Erdogan also discussed "heavily expanded" trade between the United States and Turkey, after the two NATO allies' relationship went into a tailspin over the summer.
Reuters
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