US Secretary of State John Kerry to visit Turkey


U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Turkey on Friday and Saturday, Turkey's foreign ministry has announced Thursday.Kerry's meetings will be held in Ankara where he is scheduled to meet with the Foreign Minister Mevlut Çavuşoglu. Following this meeting, he will be received by the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu."In these meetings, bilateral, regional and global issues on our joint agenda, as well as opportunities for further developing our relations and cooperation will be elaborated on," said the ministry in a written statement on Thursday.On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry discussed the ongoing Iraq, Syria and Gaza conflicts with King Abdullah of Jordan during a visit to the Jordanian capital Amman.