President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with President Donald J. Trump of the U.S. The leaders discussed the Türkiye-U.S. bilateral relations as well as regional and global developments.
President Erdoğan stated that we will continue our efforts to strengthen the Türkiye-U.S. relations, the centenary of which we will mark next year, as well as to boost our cooperation in all areas.
President Erdoğan noted that we as the Makkah Joint Defense Alliance closely follow the developments in the Strait of Hormuz and Yemen, and strive for the resolution of the problem on the basis of diplomacy.
President Erdoğan stressed that Türkiye stands ready to contribute to the efforts exerted to revive the diplomatic process between Ukraine and Russia, and to end the war through that process.
President Trump of the U.S., for his part, congratulated President Erdoğan and the Turkish nation on the Republic Day, and expressed his wishes for the success of the upcoming summit of the Organization of Turkic States.