Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met in Washington D.C. yesterday and emphasized support for the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace process, noting its importance for stability and development in the South Caucasus.

TRT World, quoting diplomatic sources, reports Fidan called for an urgent ceasefire and increased humanitarian aid in Gaza and an end to the Ukraine war based on the territorial and political integrity of Ukraine.

Fidan also urged the U.S. to sever its ties to PKK affiliated groups in Syria.

Fidan is in the U.S. to attend the seventh meeting of the Turkey-U.S. Strategic Mechanism and seeks to draft a roadmap for future collaboration between the two countries.

The U.S. and Turkey launched the Mechanism in April 2022 as a platform to review topics of mutual interest, including economic and defense cooperation, counterterrorism, and key areas of shared regional and global interest.

Fidan is also expected to raise the issue of Turkey rejoining the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program, from which it was expelled in 2019 following its acquisition of the Russian S-400 missile defense system.

The Program, launched by the U.S. Department of Defense, has developed a fifth-generation jet that that combines air-to-air, strike, and ground attack capabilities into one aircraft, for use by multiple branches of the U.S. military and its NATO and other allies.

The F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter is currently being implemented or planned for use by the U.S. and its allies Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, South Korea, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.