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Biden Arrives in Turkey Seeking Support for Anti-’ISIL’ Campaign

Biden Arrives in Turkey Seeking Support for Anti-’ISIL’ Campaign
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US Vice President Joe Biden on Friday arrived in Turkey for a three day visit aimed at persuading Turkish leaders to play a bigger role in the coalition against the "ISIL" militants.

Biden Arrives in Turkey Seeking Support for Anti-’ISIL’ CampaignBiden is expected to seek to soothe tensions that have emerged between the two NATO members, traditionally strong allies, over Turkey's reluctance to play a major role in the fight against the terrorists who have captured swathes of Iraq and Syria.

The US number two met Friday evening Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Istanbul for dinner talks. On Saturday he will address a conference before heading into a key meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He is due to leave Istanbul on Sunday.

So far, Turkey's sole contribution to the coalition has been allowing a contingent of Iraqi peshmerga Kurdish fighters to transit Turkish soil to fight "ISIL" militants for the Syrian border town of Kobane.

Biden and Erdogan were involved in a highly-publicized spat last month after the US vice president suggested Ankara had changed its Syria policy after realizing it had encouraged the growth of "ISIL".

Erdogan promptly declared that his relationship with Biden would be "history" for him had he said such a thing and the two sides even argued over whether there had been an apology.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

 

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