Erdogan says bilateral talks with Trump likely at NATO summit in Turkey

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that he would “most likely” hold bilateral talks with US President Donald Trump when the US leader comes to Ankara for a NATO summit next month. Turkey will host 32 NATO leaders, as well as officials from the alliance’s partners in the Gulf and Asia-Pacific region, on July 7-8 amid tensions within the alliance over burden-sharing, defense spending, and US complaints over allies’ involvement on re-opening the Strait of Hormuz during the US-Iran war. – Erdogan says bilateral talks with Trump likely at NATO summit in Turkey