12-05-2017 16:18 via yahoo.com

Erdogan sees 'new beginning' in Turkish-U.S. ties despite Kurdish arms move

By Humeyra Pamuk and Daren ButlerISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday his visit to the United States next week could mark a "new beginning" in relations between the NATO allies that were shaken by a U.S. decision to arm Kurdish YPG fighters in Syria.Erdogan repeated Ankara's criticism of President Donald Trump's decision, saying it ran counter to the two countries' strategic interests - but also sought to portray it as a relic of the Obama administration's Middle East pol
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