Turkey foreign minister Hakan Fidan said his country’s priority in Syria is ensuring the stability and prevention of domination by groups deemed “terrorists” after the toppling of ruler al-Assad, reports Al Jazeera.
Speaking alongside US Secretary of State Antony Blinken after their meeting in Ankara, Fidan said the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and ISIL (ISIS) should not gain ground in post-Assad Syria, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency.
Blinken said they discussed the imperative of continuing efforts to keep ISIL down in Syria.
The top diplomat met Turkish President Erdogan earlier in the day.
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