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Türkiye, UK can take 'new steps' to improve ties: President Erdogan

Ankara wishes 'positive course in relations’ to continue to increase, Erdogan tells new British premier

Diyar Güldoğan  | 11.07.2024 - Update : 11.07.2024
Türkiye, UK can take 'new steps' to improve ties: President Erdogan Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (6th R) meets with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (4th L) as part of the NATO Heads of State and Government Summit in Washington DC., United States on July 11, 2024.

WASHINGTON

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and newly-elected British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met Thursday for the first time in the US. 

During a closed-door meeting on the sidelines of the last day of a NATO summit in Washington, Erdogan and Starmer discussed bilateral relations, as well as regional and global issues, according to the Türkiye's Communications Directorate.

Stressing that in the new period, Türkiye and the UK can take "new steps" to improve relations in all areas, Erdogan said his country wishes the "positive course in relations” would continue to increase.

It was the first face-to-face meeting between Erdogan and Starmer after he became prime minister last week when his Labour Party won the House of Commons by a landslide, capturing 412 of the chamber's 650 seats.



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