Erdogan meets German chancellor in India
15:23, 09/09/2023, SaturdayU: Update: 16:12, 09/09/2023, Saturday
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan - German Chancellor Scholz meeting in India
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Olaf Scholz hold closed-door meeting on sidelines of G-20 summit in capital New Delhi
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in India for talks.The closed-door meeting came on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in the capital New Delhi.
During the meeting, they discussed the bilateral relations, and exchanged views on reviving the dialogue mechanism with the EU, Türkiye's Communications Directorate said in a statement.
Regional issues, including the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, and international issues were also on the agenda, it added.
Conveying his get-well wishes to Scholz on his recent accident, Erdogan stated that it is necessary to strengthen cooperation in areas such as energy supply, renewable energy, innovation and technology transfers in a bid to increase the bilateral trade volume of $45 billion reached in 2022.
Türkiye's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin, and Erdogan's chief adviser Akif Cagatay Kilic, were also present at the meeting.