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Kerry visits
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was in Ankara late Sunday to discuss a range of U.S. policies against Iran and to reassure the Turkish public that the United States opposes a growing threat by Iran and has worked with Ankara to limit Tehran’s influence on the Iraqi Kurdish region.
While not directly commenting on the alleged Friday attack, Mr. Kerry acknowledged that „the possibility of Iran using such tools or groups within Iraq is a real and serious concern.“ He said the United States considers all Iran’s neighbors „firmly“ opposed to Iran.
Turkey is the third largest supplier of American weapons to Iraqi government forces and is providing the United States with training and intelligence on the Islamic State. It is trying to shore up its ties with the United States.
The Turkish president’s visit comes after Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said Sunday that the United States was considering sending U.S. troops into the country, a move the United States strongly opposed.
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu called Mr. Kerry on Sunday to „confront“ the issue of its cooperation with Washington, saying that Ankara believes Washington „has been dragging its heels for a long time.“
Turkey says it is willing to discuss how to prevent a spillover of violence. Last month, Turkey deployed troops to northern Iraq and has provided aerial surveillance and surveillance missions and intelligence on Islamic State activi바카라ties from a military base in Diyarbakir.
Washington, by contrast, has said it wants to see the fight against the Islamic State stopped in Iraq rather than expanding it. On Friday, the Unite