🔶 Erdoğan in a phone call with Trump: Tensions with Iran must be resolved diplomatically

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Turkey, on Saturday (16 Aban) spoke by phone with Donald Trump, President of the United States, stressing the necessity of reducing tensions between Tehran and Washington and resolving disputes between the two countries through negotiation and diplomacy.

According to a statement from the Turkish presidency, Erdoğan said in the call that Ankara would continue its efforts to achieve peace and reduce regional tensions.

The Turkish president, while referring to the war between Russia and Ukraine, also emphasized that his country would continue participating in diplomatic efforts to end the war.

Erdoğan, in his conversation with Trump, called for increased contacts with Kyiv and Moscow, and stressed the need to strengthen diplomatic efforts to reach a solution to end the war in Ukraine.

The Turkish presidency did not publish further details about Trump’s reaction to Erdoğan’s proposals or any possible agreement between the two sides on new diplomatic actions.