Turkish and US Presidents Discuss Bilateral Relations and Regional and International Developments

Istanbul, Nov 7 (KUNA) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held talks on Saturday with his American counterpart, Donald Trump, covering bilateral relations as well as regional and international developments. The Turkish Presidency’s communications office said in a statement that the discussions took place during a phone call, during which Erdogan expressed confidence that cooperation between Turkey and the United States would continue to grow, reaffirming Turkey’s commitment to further boosting the momentum of bilateral relations in the coming period. Erdogan stressed the need to ease tensions between Iran and the United States and to resolve differences through diplomatic means, emphasizing that Turkey would continue its efforts to promote peace. He expressed hope that growing diplomatic efforts to end the Russian-Ukrainian war would yield positive results, noting that Turkey continues to contribute to these efforts and stressing the importance of intensifying communications with both Ukraine and Russia in this context. In a separate matter, the Turkish president expressed his gratitude to his American counterpart for his support of the summit of the Organization of Turkic States, which Ankara recently hosted. (End) T.A. / R.J.