BRUSSELS, 15 June, 2021 (TON): On Tuesday, the U.S. and the Turkish President Biden and Erdogan discussed a number of issues, including ways to cater the pandemic and vaccination situation.

Erdogan told the media that during the 90-minute meeting, "There are no outstanding problems between the US and Turkey that cannot be solved. On the contrary, there are many areas where we could focus on prospective and fruitful cooperation."

"Our history goes back a long time and we managed to exchange views on a vast area of issues. We also focused on the incidents on which we have different opinions and, in a very constructive fashion, talked about areas where we could further explore cooperation.

"We agreed on the necessity to effectively use dialogue channels between our nations in a regular fashion so, at the end of the day, it was a very fruitful and very sincere meeting. We also underlined the fact that bilateral cooperation should be revitalized," he added.

In response to a query about whether the S-400 defense system was discussed, Erdogan said, "I expressed our previous opinion on the S-400, I also expressed our opinion on the F-35. 

"What are the steps we can take, I expressed them. Of course, this process does not end here; our ministers will secure this process as a result of their talks.

"We said that our Defense and Foreign Ministers should discuss these among themselves, and after this meeting they will hold among themselves, we have to take our steps, we have come to such a decision."

Addressing a separate press conference, Biden said of the meeting: "We had a positive and productive meeting, much of it one-on-one. We had detailed discussions about how to proceed on a number of issues... 

"Our teams are going to continue our discussions and I'm confident we will make real progress with Turkey and the US."

He also emphasized that it was a positive and productive meeting, adding that "our countries have big agendas. Our teams will continue our discussions, I think we will make great progress as the US and Turkey".

However, describing his relationship with Biden as "long-standing", Erdogan said he invited his American counterpart to visit Turkey.