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Trump reportedly agrees to visit Turkey in 2019

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses a meeting of a youth organization in Istanbul Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)
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December 24, 2018 - 9:11 am
 

ANKARA, Turkey — A Turkish official says President Donald Trump has accepted Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s invitation to visit the country that straddles Asia and Europe.

Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin told reporters after a Cabinet meeting on Monday that Trump wants to make the trip in 2019 but a date hasn’t been set.

Kalin says Erdogan extended the invitation during a weekend phone call between the two presidents on the withdrawal of American troops from Syria.

Trump tweeted on Sunday that he had a “long and productive” call with Erdogan in which they discussed “the slow & highly coordinated” pullout of U.S. military personnel.

Trump’s surprise decision to withdraw troops from Syria was also announced last week after a call with Erdogan.

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