| Date: 18/09/2012 Time: 11:57:00 PM |
US President Barack Obama consulted Tuesday
on the phone with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the situation
in Syria.
The White House said in a statement that Obama and Erdogan spoke "to
continue their close consultations on regional and global issues. The
President expressed condolences for today's deadly attack on a Turkish
military convoy and other recent attacks that have killed and wounded Turkish
citizens; the Prime Minister expressed his condolences for the recent loss of
Ambassador Chris Stevens and his three colleagues in Libya".
"The two leaders agreed on the necessity to work together against all forms
of terrorism. In light of the outrageous attacks on the American consulate in
Benghazi and subsequent attacks on American and other nation's facilities
across the region, the President commended Prime Minister Erdogan for his
leadership in calling for resistance to provocation and condemning violence",
he added.
On Syria, the two leaders "shared their concerns over the regime's
escalating use of violence against civilians, the growing humanitarian crisis,
and the urgency of transition. They took note of the very close and effective
cooperation between the governments of the United States and Turkey in the
face of the ongoing crisis in Syria, and pledged to advance this important
work". |