NEW DELHI
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his United Arab Emirates (UAE) counterpart Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Saturday met in New Delhi for talks.
The closed-door meeting came on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in the Indian capital.
The leaders discussed bilateral relations and steps to be taken to develop existing areas of cooperation, according to Türkiye's Communications Directorate.
Regional and global issues were also on the agenda.
Toplantıda Türkiye Dışişleri Bakanı Hakan Fidan, İstihbarat Başkanı İbrahim Kalın, İletişim Başkanı Fahrettin Altun, Erdoğan'ın başdanışmanları Akif Çağatay Kılıç ve Zafer Çubukçu ile Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kabinesi Başkanı Hasan Doğan da hazır bulundu.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his United Arab Emirates counterpart Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan meet in New Delhi https://t.co/Ue9GBHV0T4 pic.twitter.com/txj0vSEuTd
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Although UAE is not a member of the G-20, term president India also invited the leaders of Bangladesh, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Egypt, Mauritius, Oman, Singapore, Spain, and the UAE to attend the summit.
In July, Erdogan visited the UAE as part of his three-nation Gulf tour to strengthen regional ties.
