“The leaders also discussed efforts to increase cooperation to stem the flow of foreign fighters and secure Turkey’s border with Syria. The President [Obama] reaffirmed the commitment of the United States to Turkey’s national security,” the statement read on Wednesday.
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Obama and Erdogan agreed to deepen the two countries’ ongoing cooperation in the fight against the Islamic State, as well as the “common efforts to bring security and stability to Iraq and a political settlement to the conflict in Syria.”
Moreover, the two presidents pledged to work closely on other regional issues of concern to the United States and Turkey.
On Wednesday, two Turkish police officers were found dead in their homes in the town of Ceylanpinar near the Syrian border.
The Islamic State terrorist group was reportedly behind the Suruc attack, while the banned Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) has claimed responsibility for the Ceylanpinar killings.
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