US Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Ankara on Thursday evening and immediately began talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the airport, according to a US official.

Blinken landed at 8:14 p.m. (5:14 p.m. GMT) and engaged in discussions “in the VIP lounge” at Ankara's Esenboga airport, the official said, as Blinken began the second leg of a regional tour after the ouster of Bashar al-Assad in Syria. .

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AFP