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Turkey will go elsewhere if the United States does not allow it to buy Lockheed Martin's F-35 jets, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was quoted as saying by broadcaster NTV and other media Wednesday.
However, Ankara and Washington have reached an understanding over Manbij in which the militants will leave the area, Cavusoglu said, adding a timetable for the plans could be decided during his talks with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo next week.
If the agreement is finalized, the model could be applied to other areas in northern Syria, NTV quoted Cavusoglu as saying.
He also said Turkey's ambassador to Washington, who had been recalled for consultations after Israeli forces killed Palestinian protesters in Gaza earlier this month, could return to Washington around the time of Cavusoglu's U.S. visit.
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