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Rubio Presses NATO Energy Cutoff in Meetings With Turkish, Syrian Foreign Ministers

Talks weighed Syria's possible entry into a U.S.-led counterterror coalition.

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.