ANKARA, Turkey – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet Donald Trump in May, the Turkish foreign minister says, after the US president congratulated the Turkish leader for winning a referendum on enhancing his powers.
“We will determine a date for the two presidents to meet in May before the NATO summit as previously confirmed by the leaders,” Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu tells reporters in Ankara.
The NATO summit is scheduled to be held in late May in Brussels and Trump is due to attend. Cavusoglu does not specify if the meeting will take place on the sidelines of the summit or at another venue.
After Erdogan’s narrow win in Sunday’s referendum on creating an executive presidency, Trump congratulated the Turkish leader in a phone call, in contrast to the muted reaction of European leaders to the result, which has been challenged by the opposition.
Cavusoglu says that during their call the two leaders had expressed a common desire to meet in Washington “to improve bilateral relations.”
— AFP
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