Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday welcomed his US counterpart Donald Trump in the capital Ankara, as a two-day NATO summit kicked off.
President Erdogan personally greeted President Trump upon his arrival at Esenboga Airport.
An official welcoming ceremony will later be held at the presidential complex, after which the two presidents will hold bilateral talks and delegation-level meetings on regional and international issues.
The leaders are also expected to hold a news conference.
Earlier on Tuesday, US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine visited Anitkabir, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of the Republic of Türkiye. Caine, accompanied by a US delegation, observed a moment of silence before laying a wreath at Ataturk's mausoleum.
NATO heads of state and government, as well as leaders from key partner countries, are meeting in Ankara for the alliance's 2026 summit, which will focus on implementing the defence spending commitments agreed at last year's meeting in the Hague, sustaining military support for Ukraine and expanding defence industrial production.
