Pence Says Turkey Has Agreed To Suspend Its Incursion Into Syria
Pence led a delegation to try to convince the Turkish president to stop the military incursion into Syria and enact a ceasefire. The goals were considered highly unlikely ahead of Thursday's meeting.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence says he's brokered a ceasefire deal with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to suspend the Turkish incursion into northern Syria, amid international outcry over the growing humanitarian and security crisis. However, minutes later, the Turkish foreign minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu stated that he did not consider it a ceasefire.
Çavuşoğlu described it as a "pause," saying that a ceasefire "can only happen between two legitimate sides," according to Turkish state .
