Turkish president receives head of World Jewish Congress in New York

By Servet Gunerigok

NEW YORK (AA) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received the president of the World Jewish Congress in New York on Monday.

The meeting with Ronald Lauder took place at the Turkevi Center in Manhattan.

It was closed to the media.

Earlier, Erdogan met with representatives of various Jewish organizations, including the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York.

Erdogan is in New York City to attend the 77th session of the UN General Assembly. He will address the assembly on Tuesday.