Turkish, US presidents to meet during G20 Leaders' Summit in Italy

By Zafer Fatih Beyaz

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's president will hold a bilateral meeting with his US counterpart as part of the upcoming G20 Leaders' Summit in Italy.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet with Joe Biden at the summit to be held on Oct. 30-31 in Rome, according to official sources.

Earlier this month, Erdogan had voiced hope that, as NATO allies, Washington and Ankara would treat each other amicably and not with hostility.

Speaking to the press before his return from New York, where he had gone to attend the 76th UN General Assembly session, Erdogan said he had worked well with former US presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump, lamenting that relations did not start off well with Biden.