Turkey’s Presidency Communications Office announced on Wednesday, 6 Aban that Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Turkey, spoke by phone with Donald Trump, President of the United States, about bilateral relations, developments in the Strait of Hormuz, Yemen, and the war in Ukraine.

According to a statement from Turkey’s Presidency, Erdoğan told Trump in the call: “As the Makkah Joint Defense Alliance, we closely follow developments in the Strait of Hormuz and Yemen and we are making efforts through diplomatic means to resolve this issue.”