TOKYO/ISTANBUL -- When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sat down with U.S. President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Madrid on Wednesday, he opened his remarks by noting it had been a while since they had met.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center, objected to Sweden and Finland's accession to NATO, causing headaches for U.S. President Joe Biden and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. (Source photos by Reuters)
TOKYO/ISTANBUL -- When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sat down with U.S. President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Madrid on Wednesday, he opened his remarks by noting it had been a while since they had met.