Turkish FM, US counterpart meet in Singapore

[TomSea]

Turkish FM, US counterpart meet in Singapore

Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his U.S. counterpart Mike Pompeo met in Singapore on Friday, according to a diplomatic source.

The meeting was held on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers’ meeting, the source, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media, said.

Read more at: http://www.worldbulletin.net/headlines/204628/turkish-fm-us-counterpart-meet-in-singapore

Twitter comment on meeting:

Turkey is really softened its rhetoric on Brunson crisis today. Turkish FM Cavusoglu said his meeting with Pompeo was “extremely constructive". Treasury Minister Albayrak said both countries have genuine willingness to resolve the crisis, “our relations won’t break off”
- Ragip Soylu via twitter:

https://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/status/1025352671501402115

Related: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/03/andrew-brunson-release-turkey-mike-pompeo-760838

[TomSea]

A few stories on Turkey,  Turkey crisis, per Kyle Orton's twitter, he has one article, in Turk, about how the Turks could respond to the sanctions against Turkey with action against Incilirk Air Base.

http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/turkiye/1044719/incirlik_teki_ABD_askerleri_icin_tutuklama_talebi.html  This story was referred too, I guess, one could seek out google translate to see what it translates too.

Kyle's twitter: https://twitter.com/KyleWOrton