President Erdoğan has posted a message on twitter about talks with Trump

 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has posted a message on twitter about talks with Trump.

For his part, Erdogan said in a Twitter post that the two leaders had agreed to “increase coordination” on a number of issues including commercial relations and developments in Syria.

President Trump had announced plans last Wednesday to withdraw roughly 2,000 U.S. troops from Syria after a phone call with Erdogan on Oct. 14 in which the two leaders agreed on the need for more effective coordination on the war-torn country.

Reports have suggested U.S. forces will leave within 60 to 100 days.

Trump’s decision to pull out of Syria was followed by resignations from U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis and special presidential envoy for the global coalition to defeat Daesh Brett Mcgurk.

The withdrawal comes on the eve of a possible Turkish military operation in northeastern Syria against the YPG/PKK terrorist group.

Since 2016, Ankara has carried out two similar military operations in northern Syria.