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President Trump's senior advisor visits Turkey amid escalating tension over Afrin, Syria

Source: Xinhua| 2018-02-12 03:51:43|Editor: Chengcheng
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- The White House said Sunday that a senior advisor of U.S. President Donald Trump visited Turkey on Feb. 10-11. The visit came amid escalating tensions of the two NATO allies over Turkey's attack in Afrin, Syria.

In a statement, the White House said H.R. McMaster, Trump's national security advisor, met with Ibrahim Kalin, deputy secretary general and spokesperson of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in his visit to Istanbul.

During their meeting, Kalin and McMaster affirmed the bilateral strategic partnership, and discussed the "priorities and concerns" and common strategic challenges of both countries, said the White House.

It added that they addressed issues affecting bilateral relations in detail and explored ways to expand the joint fight against all forms of terrorism.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will also visit Turkey next week in his Middle East trip, and U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis is also due to meet his Turkish counterpart Nurettin Canikli in Brussels.

Relations between Washington and Ankara have been highly strained, in part due to U.S. support for the the People's Protection Units (YPG) in Syria. Turkey sees the YPG as Syrian offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which is designated as a terrorist group by Turkey, the United States and the EU.

With the YPG a key ally of Washington in the battle against the IS group, the Turkish campaign has seen the two NATO partners on opposite ends of the spectrum with a possible risk of direct conflict.

Two senior U.S. generals have visited Manbij on Wednesday with outsized U.S. flags on their vehicles, and one of them said "You hit us, we'll respond aggressively," in response to Turkish threats, according to U.S. reports, clearly a sign of mounting tensions on the war terrain.

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