U.S., Turkey Discuss Potential Erdogan-Biden Meeting

Date: 10 September 2022 - 21:22

News ID: ۱۰۶۷۳۸

ANKARA (Reuters) – Talks are underway between Turkish and U.S. officials to arrange a potential meeting between President Joe Biden and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan later this month, reports say. Discussions would include the war in Ukraine, relations between Turkey and Russia, and the Ukraine grain export deal, according to a senior Turkish official, cited by the news agency. The two leaders met in June during a NATO summit in Madrid, where Biden thanked Erdogan for dropping his veto on the accession of Finland and Sweden to the alliance. Despite policy differences over the Eastern Mediterranean, militants in northern Syria, and concern over human rights issues in Turkey, Washington has courted Ankara amid the war in Ukraine.