UPDATE 2 - Turkish president attends G-20 summit

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By Diyar Guldogan

ANKARA (AA) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is attending the 17th G-20 Summit being held on Indonesia's Bali island on Tuesday.

Term president Indonesia is hosting the two-day summit under the theme Recover Together-Recover Stronger, where the G-20 leaders will exchange views in three sessions, namely Food and Energy Security, Health and Digital Transformation.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo welcomed the world leaders, including Erdogan, as they arrived at the meeting venue for the first day of the summit.

Following the welcoming ceremony, the leaders attended the Food and Energy Security session of the summit.

Ahead of the session, Erdogan had brief chats with various participating leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron, China’s Xi Jinping and United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

He also had brief conversations with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

Erdogan held a closed-door meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on the sidelines of the summit.

He also met with the leaders of MIKTA nations, namely Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, and Australia.

Later in the day, Erdogan will also hold more sideline meetings.

The G-20 leaders are currently attending the session on health.

On Monday, Erdogan and Widodo held a closed-door meeting to discuss bilateral relations, and five agreements were signed between Türkiye and Indonesia in the fields of the defense industry, technology, forestry, the environment and development.