Erdoğan meets US president Trump at G20 summit in Germany
Officials stated Turkish President Erdoğan and US President Donald Trump had a bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg
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- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 12:00 | 08 July 2017
- Modified Date: 05:07 | 08 July 2017
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump Saturday on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany.
The two leaders held a nearly half hour meeting before the closing session of the G20 summit, Turkish officials have said without giving more details.
Erdoğan also had a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday morning; the two leaders discussed the conflict in Syria and other regional issues.
The two-day summit of world's 20 major economies (G20) will end later on Saturday. President Erdoğan is expected to hold a news conference at the end of the summit.
The summit hosted by Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel had focused on global economy, climate change and the fight against terrorism.