Trump, Erdogan Optimistic About US-Turkey Relations Despite Major Differences
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- By Brian Allen
U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have described their first meeting in Washington as the start of a new era or relations but the two leaders sidestepped their differences over how to confront Islamic State extremists in northern Syria. As VOA's Brian Allen reports, Turkey is fiercely opposed to a U.S. plan to arm Syrian Kurds as part of the fight.