(MENAFN) On Friday, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar arrived in Washington with accompanying Chief of General Staff Yasar Guler to confer Syria developments and some other issues with their U.S. counterparts.
Greeted by Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, Akar was greeted with a ceremony that involved a military group and three cannons that fired off artillery rounds in honor of his arrival.
Then, both moved to Pentagon, where they arranged for the meeting.
Shanahan stated to Akar, "We wanted to do something special, so we brought out the cannons with [Joint Chiefs of Staff] Chairman [Gen. Joseph] Dunford's permission".
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