Erdogan meets NATO chief ahead of alliance summit in Ankara

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has met with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte ahead of the opening of the 36th NATO Heads of State and Government Summit in Ankara.

The closed-door meeting took place at the Presidential Complex in the Turkish capital, which is hosting the alliance's two-day summit beginning on July 7, Anadolu Agency reports.

The talks came as Erdoğan continued a series of bilateral engagements with leaders and senior officials arriving in Ankara for the high-level gathering, which brings together NATO heads of state and government to discuss key security and defence issues facing the alliance.

By Vafa Guliyeva