Turkey, U.S. discuss visa crisis in phone talks

Mevlüt Çavuşoglu and Rex Tillerson speak on the phone to evaluate visa suspension row between the two countries
Wednesday, 11 October 2017 20:31

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoglu and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Wednesday discussed the reciprocal suspension of visa services, in their first talks since the eruption of the crises between Washington and Ankara.

Çavuşoglu spoke by telephone with Tillerson and they "discussed the mutual suspensions of visa services", state-run Anadolu news agency reported.

No more details have been released.

"I personally find it odd that high-level U.S. officials did not conduct any means of communication with our foreign minister. It is concerning for an Ankara ambassador to take such a decision then claim he took it 'in the name of my country'," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Tuesday.