Today, the Turkish capital meets a very important guest.
Arriving in Ankara the head of the Central intelligence Agency (Central Intelligence Agency) Mike Pompeo (Mike Pompeo).
The arrival of Pompeo announced yesterday afternoon. Namely, after about 12 hours of telephone conversations that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held with the President of the United States of America Donald trump.
The timing gave rise to comments that the head of the CIA will visit Ankara after a conversation between the two leaders.
But, according to my received information, the visit was planned before the conversation of Erdogan and trump.
53-year-old Mike Pompeo, who sat in the armchair of the head of the CIA three days after the entry of the trump in the position of President of the United States, will take the head of the National intelligence organization (MIT) Hakan Fidan Turkey (with Hakan Fidan).
During the day under the appropriate meeting request Pompeo will and President Tayyip Erdogan. The first stop of the head of the CIA will be Turkey. Information about the countries of the region, he will go after Ankara, kept secret because of security reasons.
A new trend in the world and a new period of USA
On the sidelines of diplomacy and exploration is emphasized: the fact that his first foreign visit Mike Pompeo would do in Ankara, is itself important.
Evaluation of the visit and its agenda in these circles can be summarized in the following paragraphs.
In the world there is a new trend in which intelligence agencies have greater bargaining power in diplomatic and political relations. And the new President of the United States trump also tends toward this trend.
The new US administration does not want to repeat the mistakes of the previous American leadership in the middle East. And so when you build a new American policy in the region, it gives priority to the exchange of information and views with partner countries.
Between the CIA and MIT and so have always been regular and positive communication. Moreover, the head of the CIA visited Turkey on average twice a year, and about some of the visits, the public didn’t even know.
How can be worked through possible common agenda between the two countries and the two organizations as possible to bring relations to a higher level — such is the General scope of the visit.
Critical topics
Diplomatic and intelligence sources give the following information about the topics that will be covered during the contacts, the head of the CIA Mike Pompeo in Ankara.
The agenda of this visit — the recent events in Syria, Russia, Iran, operation is possible in raqqa, the ongoing operation “Shield of the Euphrates” and expectations of Turkey to the terrorist organization FETÖ of Fethullah Gulen (Fethullah Gülen).
There were moments when the CIA and MIT could not reach agreement on the critical events in Syria. Disagreements arose, for example, in the question about which lists should be certain groups in this country, but when you look at the relationship as a whole we must not forget that the two organizations are in effective interaction with one another above the average.
In the US there is almost a competition between the Pentagon and the CIA, and the balance can change depending on market conditions. This is also reflected in the regional policy of Washington and its relations with the countries of the region. At the moment the powers in the Syrian issue has primarily the Pentagon. The CIA fewer opportunities and influence. Pompeo’s visit to Ankara is important from the point of view of obtaining idea whether to keep this situation with trump in the near future.
