In Phone Call, Trump and Turkey’s Erdogan Talk Russia–Ukraine War, Syria

The Turkish leader hailed the U.S. government’s efforts to end the three-year conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

US President Donald Trump (L) and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) leave the stage after the family photo to head to the plenary session at the NATO summit at the Grove hotel in Watford, northeast of London on December 4, 2019. (Photo by PETER NICHOLLS / POOL / AFP) Photo by PETER NICHOLLS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump has spoken by phone with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to discuss the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and recent developments in Syria, according to the Turkish president’s office.

The March 16 telephone call addressed U.S.–Turkey relations and “regional and global matters,” the Turkish presidency said in a statement posted on social media platform X.