Erdoğan meets with Trump, Macron in Paris
PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held several meetings with heads of states during his official visit to Paris over the weekend, where he attended the commemorations for the events marking the centenary of the end of World War I.
On Saturday, Erdoğan attended a dinner hosted by his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron at the Orsay Museum.
Macron’s dinner was attended by heads of states, governments and international institutions and their spouses who came to the French capital for the Armistice Day commemorations.
During the dinner, Erdağan met with President Macron, U.S. President Donald Trump, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
Erdoğan talked with Macron and his wife Brigitte as well as with Merkel. He also talked with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Bosniak member of the tripartite Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bakir Izzetbegovic, Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj and Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri.
The Turkish president also had a meeting with the U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres ahead of the dinner, where the two discussed the latest situation of the Syrian refugees.
The Armistice of Nov. 11, 1918, signed between the Allies and Germany, put an official end to World War I. Therefore, Sunday corresponds to the 100th anniversary. On Sunday, a commemorative ceremony was held near the Arc de Triomphe monument located in Champs-Elysees. Erdoğan was welcomed in an official ceremony at the Champs-Elysees by Macron on Sunday, where he also attended the ceremony with other world leaders and later joined the luncheon.