Turkish President Erdogan meets leaders of countries in Hungary ahead of Turkic summit

By Gokce Karakose, Koray Tasdemir and Serdar Dincel

BUDAPEST, Hungary / ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday met and spoke with leaders from other countries in Hungary, where they were attending a summit of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS).

Erdogan was welcomed by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at Budapest's Varkert Bazar, where he went for the summit.

Following his conversation with Orban, the Turkish president then met with Ilham Aliyev, his Azerbaijani counterpart.

Erdogan and Aliyev spoke, and were later joined by Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

After the meeting, the leaders went to the summit hall.