Department of State Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Elizabeth Richard will visit Ankara, Türkiye, April 22 for the U.S.-Türkiye Counterterrorism Consultation. The United States and Türkiye relaunched their counterterrorism consultations at the Strategic Mechanism meetings in Washington D.C. in March 2024.

Ambassador Richard and Turkish government counterparts will broaden and strengthen U.S.-Türkiye counterterrorism cooperation to thwart terrorist travel; combat terrorism-related networks engaged in organized crime; ensure the defeat of terrorist organizations such as PKK, DHKP-C, and ISIS in Syria and Iraq; and cooperate to counter the threat of ISIS and al-Qa’ida affiliates present in Africa and South and Central Asia. Ambassador Richard will also engage Turkish officials on ways to further combat exploitation of global finance channels by terrorist organizations.