Post by pavel on Jan 23, 2016 14:59:58 GMT -6
Joe Biden ahead of Syrian peace talks: 'We are prepared to have a military solution'
ISTANBUL, Turkey, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Vice President Joe Biden said the United States is prepared to present a "military solution" if Syrian peace talks fall through.
During a speech following his meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Istanbul Saturday, Biden said the two agreed to "improve the support of local Sunni Arab forces" working to further secure the Syrian border in the aftermath of a recent terrorist attack in the city's tourist district.
"And so together we continue to work toward a political resolution of the situation in Syria. We are neither optimistic nor pessimistic," Biden said. "But we are prepared. We are prepared if that's not possible to make -- to have a military solution to this operation in taking out daesh."
Biden arrived in Istanbul Friday with his family to meet with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Davutoglu to discuss the border as the United States and others continue to confront the Islamic State in the region.
Read more: www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2016/01/23/Joe-Biden-ahead-of-Syrian-peace-talks-We-are-prepared-to-have-a-military-solution/5191453560179/?spt=sec&or=tn
ISTANBUL, Turkey, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Vice President Joe Biden said the United States is prepared to present a "military solution" if Syrian peace talks fall through.
During a speech following his meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Istanbul Saturday, Biden said the two agreed to "improve the support of local Sunni Arab forces" working to further secure the Syrian border in the aftermath of a recent terrorist attack in the city's tourist district.
"And so together we continue to work toward a political resolution of the situation in Syria. We are neither optimistic nor pessimistic," Biden said. "But we are prepared. We are prepared if that's not possible to make -- to have a military solution to this operation in taking out daesh."
Biden arrived in Istanbul Friday with his family to meet with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Davutoglu to discuss the border as the United States and others continue to confront the Islamic State in the region.
Read more: www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2016/01/23/Joe-Biden-ahead-of-Syrian-peace-talks-We-are-prepared-to-have-a-military-solution/5191453560179/?spt=sec&or=tn