English subtitles for clip: File:The President Meets with the President of Turkey in Paris.webm

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President Obama: Even though President Erdogan and I

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had a chance to see each other

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in Antalya recently at the G20.

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In light of recent events,
we thought it would be

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useful for us to discuss
what's been happening both

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in Syria and the recent
events between Russia

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and Turkey.

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I want to be very clear:
Turkey is a NATO Ally.

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Along with our allies,
the United States supports

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Turkey's right to defend
itself and its airspace and

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its territory.

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And we're very much
committed to Turkey's

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security and
its sovereignty.

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We discussed how Turkey and
Russia can work together to

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deescalate tensions and find
a diplomatic path

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to resolve this issue.

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And as I mentioned
to President Erdogan,

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we all have a common
enemy, and that is ISIL.

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And I want to make sure that
we focus on that threat,

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and I want to make sure that
we remain focused on the

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need to bring about some
sort of political resolution

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in Syria.

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In partnership with
Turkey and other coalition

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partners, we've been able
to push ISIL's control of

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certain territories inside
of Iraq and inside of Syria.

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We have more work to do.

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Turkey has been
extraordinarily generous

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when it comes to its
support of refugees.

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And I was glad to hear that
they've had a productive

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meeting with the EU about
how not only can border

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security be strengthened,
but also additional

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resources for humanitarian
support can be forthcoming.

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And we are very much
interested in accelerating

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the work that's been
taking place on our

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military-to-military
relationship to ensure that

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not only Turkey is
safe and secure,

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but also that Syria can
finally begin winding down

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what has been a
terribly costly war,

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and we can focus our
attention on ensuring that

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ISIL is no longer a
threat to all of us.

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So, Tayyip, I appreciate
very much the meeting.

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And I'm sure that our
teams will be in close

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consultation over the
next several weeks.

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(interpreting)

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President Erdogan: (as
interpreted) My dear friend,

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Obama, first and foremost, I
would like to thank you

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for this meeting.

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And we have concentrated
our efforts in discussing

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fundamental topics; some
of them to name

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are as the following.

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First and foremost, we've
discussed several issues

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surrounding the struggle --
the joint struggle against

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the ISIL terrorism in Syria.

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As the coalition forces, we
are determined to keep up

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the fight against ISIS and
ISIS forces on the ground.

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And we have discussed the
situation from different

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aspects within Syria
in a detailed fashion.

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And as a second topic, we've
concentrated our efforts on

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discussing the recent
tensions between Russia

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and Turkey.

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Of course, we are always
willing to resort to the

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diplomatic language, because
the diplomatic language will

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be sufficient in order to
resolve the problems in the

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region -- because we don't
want to invest in tensions;

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we want to avoid
the tensions.

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We don't want to get hurt
and we don't want no one to

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get hurt, because if a
tension arises in the

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region, all of the parties
involved get damaged at the end.

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We want peace to
prevail at all costs,

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and we want the peace,
which will prevail,

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to contribute to the peace
which will be established in

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the region at a
larger extent.

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And of course, with regards
to the resolution of the

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problems in Syria, we've
discussed the transitional

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government -- the
establishment of the

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transitional government,
especially in the aftermath

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of the already successfully
undertaken Vienna process.

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We are, so far, very happy
to see the developments in

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that regard, and we hope and
pray that the end result out

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of the Vienna process to be
cultivated will provide a --

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sigh of relief for the
entire region and for Syria.

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And as a fourth topic, we
focused on the Turkomans,

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which are the Turkish
descendants in Syria.

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We know that where the
Turkomans are present,

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there's no Daesh presence
or ISIS presence.

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As I've said before, they
are the Turkish descendants;

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they are the relatives of
the Republic of Turkey.

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And that area is
continuously bombed.

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In the last few weeks, more
than 500 civilians were

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killed, so we would like to
see the resolution of that

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problem as soon as
possible as well.

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And I would like to thank
you once again for this time

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and for this opportunity.