Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 11
Trend:
The U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will make a working visit to Ankara, Turkey on Sept. 12.
The visit will include discussion of a number of global and regional issues, Turkish Foreign Ministry said Sept. 11.
"Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Turkey on Sept. 12-13, 2014. He will meet with the Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, and then hold talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu," the ministry said.
The parties plan to discuss the possibilities of expanding cooperation between the two countries, as well as consider topics in the common agenda of bilateral relations, regional and global issues, the ministry said.
Currently, the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is on a tour of the Middle East to create an international coalition to combat terrorism and, in particular, the terrorist group known as the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIL), which threatens the countries of the entire region.