President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended the official reception held by U.S. President Donald Trump in New York during the 81st United Nations General Assembly.
The reception for heads of state and government and their spouses was held at the Lotte New York Palace in Manhattan. Erdoğan met with President Trump at the reception, and the two leaders posed together for a photo.

Numerous heads of state and government, delegation representatives and leaders’ spouses in New York attended the reception held during the high-level week of the United Nations General Assembly.
The reception was closed to the press. No detailed statement was issued on the content of the discussions or the contacts between the leaders at the reception.

Erdoğan’s intensive diplomatic schedule in New York
President Erdoğan held numerous bilateral and multilateral meetings in New York during the 81st UN General Assembly.
Before the reception hosted by Trump, Erdoğan also attended a regional meeting hosted by the U.S. president at the UN Headquarters. Throughout his New York program, Türkiye’s bilateral relations and regional and global developments were among the main topics of Erdoğan’s engagements.