Turkish, US foreign ministers hold phone call: Turkish diplomatic source

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu spoke by phone with his US counterpart Mike Pompeo

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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu salutes to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia August 24, 2018

ANKARA: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu spoke by phone with his US counterpart Mike Pompeo on Tuesday at the request of the US side, a Turkish diplomatic source said, amid a bitter row between the two NATO allies.

Ankara and Washington have been at loggerheads over the fate of a US evangelical pastor being tried in Turkey for terrorism charges that he denies. The row has sent Turkey’s lira plunging and both sides have imposed import tariffs.