US President Donald Trump met at the White House today with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. President Trump said in a press statement that he discussed with the Turkish president the need to reactivate trade relations between the two countries and expressed hope to work with Turkey to achieve peace and security in the Middle East. For his part, the Turkish president expressed his country's determination to expand relations between the two sides, stressing that his current visit to Washington will be a historic turning point in relations between the two countries.