Thursday, May 16, 2013

President Obama Meets With Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan To Discuss Syria



Obama, Erdogan Pledge To Keep Pressure on Assad -- Voice of America

President Barack Obama said Thursday that he and Turkish Prime Minister will continue to find ways to end the bloodshed in Syria.

“We are going to keep increasing pressure on the {Syrian] regime,” Obama said in a White House Rose Garden news conference after late morning talks with Erdogan.

Erdogan, an outspoken critic of the Syrian government he once supported, said there is “a strong cooperation that is ongoing” between Turkey and the U.S. “Syria was number one on our agenda today,” he said, adding that he talked with Obama about the flood of Syrian refugees into Turkey and alleged chemical weapon use in the Syrian conflict.

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More News On Today's Meeting Between President Obama And Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan

Live Blog: Obama, Erdogan Hold Press Conference -- Wall Street Journal
Turkish prime minister, Obama discuss Syria’s civil war in White House meeting -- Washington Post/AP
US and Turkey agree on a Syria without Assad -- Euronews
Turkey, US agree ‘al-Assad should go for a free Syria’ -- Hurriyet Daily News
Obama and Erdogan meet as Syrian war rages -- AFP
Obama-Erdogan press conference: Free Syria from Assad's tyranny -- YNet News

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