America’s top diplomat met on 30 March with the wife of US pastor Andrew Brunson, who was jailed in Turkey for nearly six months on undisclosed charges of involvement in a terrorist organisation.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was on a one-day stopover in the Turkish capital Ankara, meeting for the first time with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Mr Brunson’s wife Norine said after the meeting: ‘I do not know what will come of it, considering the sensitive period Turkey is in, but I was grateful for the opportunity.’
