Serkan Kaya
11 July 2023•Update: 11 July 2023
VILNIUS, Lithuania
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday met Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on the sidelines of the ongoing NATO summit in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania.
The closed-door meeting took place at the Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Centre (LITEXPO), the venue of the two-day NATO meeting that began earlier in the day.
Earlier, Erdogan also met with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
The 31 leaders of the military alliance are meeting to discuss the Ukraine war, Sweden's NATO membership, and steps to strengthen the group's defense and deterrence, among other issues.
Türkiye has been a NATO member for over 70 years, and boasts its second-largest army.
