Turkish president meets with Polish counterpart in New York

NEW YORK

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Monday with Poland’s President Andrzej Duda at the Turkish House (or Turkevi Center) in ​​New York City on the sidelines of the 78th United Nations General Assembly.

President Erdogan wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, after the meeting that they “had the opportunity to discuss regional issues as well as our bilateral relations.”

“I hope that our meeting with Mr. Duda will be beneficial for our countries and region,” he added.

The meeting, which was also attended by Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacir, Trade Minister Omer Bolat and the head of the National Intelligence Agency, Ibrahim Kalin, lasted nearly 50 minutes.