(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) The US noted that Special Presidential Envoy to Counter ISIL General John Allen and Ambassador Brett McGurk held "productive and positive" discussions with senior Turkish officials Wednesday in Ankara.
Gen Allen expressed "appreciation for Turkey's contribution to the efforts thus far, including generous humanitarian support for over 1.3 million Syrian refugees, maintaining corridors for humanitarian support to the Syrian opposition, agreeing to host the train-and-equip program for the moderate Syrian opposition as well as taking measures to restrict the flow of foreign fighters and oil smuggling," State Department Director of Press Relations Jeff Rathke told reporters.
Rathke noted that the US looks forward to future conversations with Turkey on the degradation of ISIL and that Vice President Joe Biden will be in Turkey on Friday and Saturday to meet with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.
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