Overview
- The State Department said Marco Rubio met Turkey’s Hakan Fidan and Syria’s Asad Hasan Sheibani in Washington on Nov. 11–12.
- Rubio reiterated President Donald Trump’s call for all NATO allies to stop buying Russian energy to help end the war in Ukraine.
- Officials said the discussions focused on ways to bolster regional stability, including the prospect of Syria joining an anti-terror coalition.
- A State Department statement cited by TASS said the agenda also covered Syria’s reconstruction and efforts to account for missing American citizens.
- RIA Novosti and TASS reported the meetings and positions based on official U.S. government statements.