Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he had discussed a safe zone which Turkey would set up inside Syria along the length of their border, during a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump, which he described as positive.
"The safe zone issue, including a safe zone along Turkey’s borders that will be formed by us - an issue that I have brought up since the Obama era - was reiterated by him as 20 miles," Erdogan told members of his AK Party in parliament.
The Turkish leader also said that he and Trump had agreed to improve economic ties during their phone call.
"Turkey will continue to do what it has to in order to solve this issue in line with the spirit of its alliance, so long as our rights and laws are respected. We reached a historic understanding with Trump last night," Reuters cited Erdogan as saying.
