Carter: ‘Agreement in principle’ could ease tensions between Turkey, Iraq

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Defense Secretary Ash Carter, in Ankara for talks with Turkish officials, said on Friday that a bitter dispute between Turkey and Iraq can be resolved, and that Turkish desires to play a role in the liberation of Mosul can be accommodated.

Carter spoke to reporters traveling with him after his meetings with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other Turkish officials, on the first leg of a seven-day trip to the Middle East and Europe.

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