US Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, will visit the Turkish border with Syria this week ahead of a likely showdown with Russia in the UN Security Council over the extension of a cross-border humanitarian aid operation.
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Thomas-Greenfield will visit Turkey from Wednesday to Friday, meeting with senior Turkish officials, UN agencies, aid groups and Syrian refugees, senior officials with the US mission to the United Nations said on Tuesday.
Thomas-Greenfield will "convey the United States' strong support for humanitarian access into Syria and the US commitment to the people of Syria," said one US official.
"Nothing could be more urgent than continuing to provide life-saving aid through the cross-border mechanism ... This has grown even more significant and more dire," the US official said.
