U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated support for Turkey "as a strategic partner and NATO ally" during a phone call with Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday, the offices of both leaders said.
“President Trump reiterated US support to Turkey as a strategic partner and NATO ally, and welcomed Turkey’s contributions to the counter-ISIS campaign,” the White House said in a statement.
The two countries are at odds over U.S. support for the Syrian YPG militia, which Ankara regards as a terrorist organisation.
Erdoğan had congratulated Trump by telephone after the November election, but this was the first time the two men spoke since the US president took office last month.
