US Secretary of Defense to visit Turkey
Read on the website Vestnik KavkazaUS Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter will pay a visit to Turkey on October 21, the department said in a statement published late Tuesday.
In addition to Turkey, the secretary will also travel to the United Arab Emirates, France and Belgium between October 20 and 27 to meet with "key partners in the campaign to deliver ISIL a lasting defeat," the statement added.
"The secretary will wrap up his trip Oct. 26 by attending his fifth NATO defense ministerial in Brussels, where he will meet with his counterparts to build on the results of the July NATO Summit in Warsaw," the statement concluded.