US Secretary of State Pompeo told reporters on Aug. 4 that the U.S. "has every intention of continuing to work cooperatively" with Turkey, even after the Trump administration hit two senior Turkish officials with sanctions due to the continued detention of pastor Andrew Brunson.
"I’m very hopeful that we will make progress on that in the days and weeks ahead," he was quoted by AFP as saying.
Pompeo met with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu at an Asian security forum in Singapore on Aug. 3.
Brunson is being tried on espionage and terror-related charges that he and the U.S. government vehemently deny.
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