US President Donald Trump said that he held a “long and productive” telephone talks with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday, during which they discussed “expanded” bilateral trade and the planned pullout of US troops from Syria.

“I just had a long and productive call with President @RT_Erdogan of Turkey. We discussed ISIS[Daesh], our mutual involvement in Syria, & the slow & highly coordinated pullout of U.S. troops from the area. After many years they are coming home. We also discussed heavily expanded Trade,” Trump tweeted.

The US announcement about the withdrawal from Syria followed Trump’s another tweet, in which he declared the ISIL defeat and added that this fight was the only reason for US military presence in the Arab republic during his administration. Trump added on Saturday that “local countries,” including Turkey, should be able to easily deal with remaining members of ISIL militants in Syria after the US pullout.

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