Türkiye is “starting a new process” with the US, says Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as he met with his US counterpart Joe Biden on the sidelines of the ongoing NATO summit in Vilnius
Biden thanked Erdogan for his leadership and carrying out diplomacy on Sweden's NATO accession process. / Photo: AA
Türkiye is “starting a new process” with the United States, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said, as he met with his US counterpart Joe Biden on the sidelines of the ongoing NATO summit in Vilnius. The Turkish president said on Tuesday that previous meetings with Biden were “warm-up sessions,” adding: “Now we are starting a new process.”
Erdogan stated that he believes it is time for consultations at the heads of state level with the US as part of the strategic mechanism.Biden thanked Erdogan for his leadership and carrying out diplomacy on Sweden's NATO accession process, saying that he looks forward to meeting the Turkish president again.
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