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Turkish President Erdoğan chats with Trump, May at G20 summit

Anadolu Agency WORLD
Published July 08,2017
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. President Donald Trump had a brief chat Friday at the G20 summit.

Erdoğan and Trump were seen chatting at the beginning of a working session on global trade and development as reporters were allowed in briefly for the start of the meeting.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Çavuşoglu joined the discussion between the two leaders.

British Prime Minister Theresa May, who was sitting beside Erdoğan, was later also seen in a brief chat with the Turkish president.

Their words were not audible to reporters and officials did not comment on the content of their discussion.

Erdoğan is expected to hold a bilateral meeting Saturday with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The leaders of world's 20 major economies are holding the two-day summit in Hamburg where they will discuss the global economy, climate change, the fight against terrorism and other international issues.