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Erdoğan: No plans for now to meet Biden on Gaza issue

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stressed in his comments to reporters on Friday that he did not have a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden about the Gaza situation on his schedule. However, he mentioned that if Biden were to reach out, he would be open to discussing this and other matters.

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Published December 08,2023
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was cited on Friday as saying that a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden on the situation in Gaza was not on his agenda, but that he would discuss it and other issues if Biden called.

Speaking to reporters on a flight from Athens, Erdoğan said his foreign minister would hold talks in Washington as part of a so-called contact group of Muslim countries on Friday.

He hoped it would lead to the end of U.S. support for Israel, according to broadcaster Haberturk and others.