President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.
The meeting addressed relations between Türkiye and the US, recent developments in Syria as well as global and regional matters.
President Erdoğan expressed that Türkiye's endeavors to enhance Türkiye-US relations across all domains will persist in the forthcoming period.
Stressing Türkiye's commitment to preserving Syria's territorial integrity, unity, and unitary structure since the first day, President Erdoğan noted that the international community should collaborate to facilitate restoring and reconstructing institutions within Syria.
President Erdoğan noted that, primarily for its national security, Türkiye will take preventive measures against all terrorist organizations operating in Syria and posing a threat to Türkiye, mainly the PKK/PYD/YPG and DAESH, adding that as the only NATO country that has engaged in close combat against DAESH, Türkiye will prevent the PKK and its extensions from taking advantage of the situation on the ground and will never allow any weakness in the fight against DAESH.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan, Head of Communications Fahrettin Altun, Chief Advisor to the President on Foreign Policy and Security Akif Çağatay Kılıç, and Chief of Cabinet to the President Hasan Doğan also accompanied President Erdoğan during the meeting.
