AKIPRESS.COM - Washington will continue to cooperate with Ankara on providing support to "moderate opposition" in Syria, which is battling Islamic State (IS) extremists, Panorama reports referring to the White House's statement following a meeting between U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu.
"The two leaders agreed on the need to degrade and defeat ISIL, to work towards a political transition in Syria, and provide support for the Iraqi Security Forces and the moderate Syrian opposition," the statement said.
Biden and Davutoğlu discussed "the fight against ISIL in Iraq and Syria" during their Friday meeting in Ankara, which followed the U.S. Vice President's visit to Ukraine.
The Turkish parliament has approved the use of military force against IS, but the country has not been involved in the U.S.-led standoff pending the creation of a no-fly area over Syria and a buffer zone on its northern border with Turkey, as proposed by Ankara.