President Tayyip Erdogan said after his first meeting with U.S. counterpart Joe Biden on Monday that they have no problems that cannot be solved, even while he gave no indication of progress on the biggest stalemate, Turkey's purchase of Russian missiles.
At a press conference on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Brussels, Erdogan called the talks "productive and sincere" and he emphasized his long years of friendship with the U.S. leader.
"We see that there is a strong will to start an efficient cooperation period based on mutual respect in every area," he said. U.S.-Turkey ties are clouded by an array of disputes including U.S. support for Syrian Kurdish fighters deemed terrorists by Turkey, and the Biden administration's more vocal criticism of Ankara's human rights record.The thorniest dispute is Turkey's purchase of Russian S-400 surface-to-air defences in 2019 that prompted Washington to impose targeted sanctions and to oust Ankara from an F-35 production programme, including a Turkish order to buy jets.
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