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Obama vows support for Erdogan after failed coup

US President Barack Obama reassured Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday that the US will work to ensure those responsible for a failed coup are brought to justice.

 

Obama, who held his first meeting with Erdogan since this summer's coup attempt on the sidelines of the Group of 20 economic summit in China, condemned the attempted overthrow.

 

The US president also said it's critical to "finish the job" of securing Turkey's border with Syria. That's where Islamic State fighters have flooded into Turkey and would-be recruits into Syria.

 

He added that Turkey mustn't carry alone the burden of addressing the Syrian refugee crisis.

 

 


פרסום ראשון: 09.04.16, 10:12