Erdogan calls for diplomatic end to US-Iran standoff in call with Trump

In brief

• Erdogan and Trump spoke by phone on Saturday, November 7, about the Ukraine war and US-Iran tensions.
• According to the Turkish presidency, Erdogan backed diplomatic efforts on Ukraine and urged diplomacy with Iran.
• Russian state-aligned media report the Iran appeal, but no non-propaganda source confirms the details.

Call with Trump

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke with US President Donald Trump by phone on Saturday, November 7. According to the Turkish presidential office, Erdogan voiced hope that diplomatic efforts to bring Russia's war against Ukraine to a close would produce results, and said Ankara would keep taking part in them (Ердоган поговорив із Трампом про завершення війни: яку роль пропонує Туреччина – TSN). He also stressed the need to step up contacts with both Kyiv and Moscow.

Iran

The Russian outlet moscow-baku.ru, classed as propaganda media, reported the same appeal (Эрдоган призвал положить конец конфликту США и Ирана дипломатическим путем – moscow-baku.ru). Its account is not confirmed by non-propaganda reporting in the material reviewed here, so the details of the Iran remarks should be treated as unverified.

Other topics

The leaders also discussed bilateral relations between Turkey and the United States, along with regional issues, according to the Russian report. News.am reported the same call and placed the Iran tension and the Ukraine war on the agenda (Эрдоган обсудил с Трампом по телефону напряженность между США и Ираном и войну в Украине – news.am).

Next steps

Trump had earlier said he was holding a series of phone calls on settling the war in Ukraine.

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