ANKARA 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosted his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev for talks in Istanbul on Saturday.

Erdogan and Aliyev held a closed-door meeting at the Vahdettin Mansion, according to Türkiye’s Communications Directorate.

No further information was released on the meeting, which comes as Türkiye deals with the aftermath of the Feb. 6 earthquakes that have claimed more than 44,210 lives in the country’s southern regions.

Azerbaijan was among the first countries to send rescue teams and relief supplies after the devastating quakes.