The two leaders discussed bilateral relations, Turkey-EU relations and other regional issues, including the tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean, according to Turkey’s presidency.

The conversation came after a videoconference Erdogan had with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and EU President Charles Michel on the eastern Mediterranean crisis, amid EU efforts to de-escalate the tension with Greece.

Turkey and Greece, NATO allies, are at odds over overlapping claims for hydrocarbon resources as well as the status of islands in the region. (ILKHA)