Vice President Mike Pence will meet with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday in Ankara, where he will urge Turkey to reach an immediate ceasefire in Syria and to work towards a negotiated settlement, the White House said on Tuesday.
"Vice President Pence will reiterate President Trump's commitment to maintain punishing economic sanctions on Turkey until a resolution is reached," the White House said in a statement.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will join Pence on the trip.
Trump spoke with Erdogan Monday and called for an immediate end to Turkey's moves against the Kurds in Syria.
Pence says the president is "very concerned about instability in the region" and is denying that Trump gave Turkey the green light to launch the invasion when he announced a troop pullout.
Pence says the U.S. is "simply not going to tolerate Turkey's invasion of Syria any longer."
Trump has slapped new sanctions on Turkey to pressure the country to halt an invasion that has opened the door to a resurgence of the Islamic State group.
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