UMongameli Recep Tayyip Erdoğan uhlangane nePhini likaMongameli waseMelika uJoe Biden ngoLwesine ngaphambi kokuqala kweNgqungquthela Yezokuphepha Zenuzi. Kodwa ukubingelela okufudumele kufiphazwe yisimo se-US ku-PKK Syrian affiliate Democratic Union Party (PYD), iWashington eyibona njengomfelandawonye ekulweni ne-DAESH. Umhlangano, futhi uhanjelwe yiPhini LikaNobhala Wezwe u-Tony Blinken, Umsizi WoNobhala Wezwe Wezindaba ZaseYurophu nase-Eurasia u-Victoria Nuland kanye Nenxusa Elikhethekile Likamongameli we-Global Coalition ukuze abhekane no-DAESH Brett H. McGurk ohlangothini lwaseMelika kanye noNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle uMevlüt Çavuşoğlu. UNobhala Womnyango Wezangaphandle uFeridun Sinirlioğlu, iNhloko Yenhlangano Yezobunhloli Kazwelonke (MİT) u-Hakan Fidan kanye nomkhulumeli kamongameli u-İbrahim Kalın ngasohlangothini lwaseTurkey.
Umhlangano ububanjelwe e-St. Regis Hotel lapho u-Erdoğan ehlala khona. Ukufika kukaMcGurk, umhlangano wakhe wangaphambilini nezikhulu ze-PYD, kuhlanganise nelungu langaphambili le-PKK, bathole ukugxekwa okukhulu okuvela eTurkey, kubonakale njengesibonakaliso sokuthi i-PYD izoba yisihloko sengxoxo emhlanganweni. Izikhulu zaseTurkey ezikhuluma ngaphambi komhlangano zathi iTurkey ibona i-PYD kanye ne-People's Protection Units (YPG) hhayi nje kuphela njengenhlangano yamaphekula e-PKK, kodwa futhi njengommeleli womfelandawonye waseRussia-Assad. Bagcizelele ukuthi i-Ankara inokukhathazeka okukhulu ngala maqembu, afuna ukwakha isifunda esizimele eduze komngcele waseSyria waseTurkey. Izikhulu ziphinde zazwakalisa ukudumala kweTurkey ngesimo esingashintshile se-US ku-PYD.
Imibiko ithi umhlangano nezithunywa uthathe ihora kanti laba baholi ababili baba nokuxoxisana kwangasese imizuzu engu-30 ngemuva kwalokho. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi u-Erdoğan bekulindeleke ukuthi athamele isidlo sakusihlwa ebesihlelwe nguMengameli waseMelika u-Barack Obama njengokwamukela abaholi bomhlaba ababebuthene eNgqungqutheleni Yezokuphepha Zenuzi.
UKalın, ekhuluma ngemuva komhlangano, uthe i-US izimisele ukugcina iSyria endaweni eyodwa futhi iphikisana nesimemezelo se-PYD somfelandawonye. Ubuye wathi uBiden uthembise ukukhulisa ukusebenzisana kwe-PKK neTurkey.
NgoLwesithathu, uMongameli u-Erdoğan uphinde wabamba umhlangano wamazwe amabili noNobhala Wezwe laseMelika uJohn Kerry eNxusa laseTurkey eWashington. Phakathi nomhlangano, laba bobabili baxoxisane ngobudlelwano baseTurkey-America futhi bathinta usongo lwamaphekula emhlabeni wonke kanye nenkinga yababaleki ekhona manje. UNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle u-Çavuşoğlu naye uhambele umhlangano, othathe imizuzu engama-45.
Ubudlelwano beTurkey ne-US buye eningizimu kulandela isitatimende esivela kumkhulumeli woMnyango Wezwe laseMelika uJohn Kirby ekuqaleni kukaFebhuwari ukuthi i-US ayibheki i-PYD yaseSyria ehlobene ne-PKK kanye ne-People's Protection Units (YPG) njengenhlangano yamaphekula. Isitatimende sikaKirby besiphendula isiphetho sikaMongameli Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sokuthi iWashington ikhethe iTurkey noma i-PYD njengozakwabo. Noma i-Ankara yaxwayisa kaningi i-US ne-Europe ukuthi angeke kube khona amaphekula amahle noma amabi, ekhomba i-YPG, i-US yalushaya indiva ucingo lokugcina luka-Erdoğan futhi yaqoka i-YPG “njengozakwethu” wayo.
"AmaKurds aseSyrian angabalingani bethu ngokumelene ne-DAESH," kusho uKirby, evutha amalangabi oqhekeko phakathi kwe-Ankara neWashington. Isiphetho sika-Erdoğan eWashington size ngemuva kwezinsuku uMengameli waseMelika uBarack Obama oyisithunywa sikamongameli esikhethekile seGlobal Coalition to Counter DAESH, uBrett McGurk, evakashele uKobani olawulwa yi-PYD futhi waba nezingxoxo.
