U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (R) shakes hands with Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan during their meeting at Beylerbeyi Palace in Istanbul November 22, 2014. REUTERS/Kayhan Ozer/Presidential Palace Press Office/Handout via Reuters
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey and the United States smoothed over some differences in the fight against Islamic State during a weekend visit by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, but the talks heralded little in the way of deeper military cooperation between the NATO allies.
Turkey has been a reluctant partner in the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State, refusing to take a frontline military role despite its 1,200 km (750-mile) border with Iraq and Syria and thereby intensifying Western concern that it is a weak link in the struggle against the insurgents.
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