WASHINGTON, 01 November 2021, (TON): Biden also raised the issue of human rights during their meeting on the side-lines of the G20 in Rome.

US President Joe Biden told Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan his request for F-16 fighter jets had to go through a process in the United States and expressed a desire to handle disagreements between the two countries effectively.

Biden also raised the issue of human rights during their meeting on the side-lines of the G20 in Rome, a US senior administration official told reporters.

The leaders met amid tensions between the two countries over defence and human rights issues.

A different US administration official said on Saturday that Biden would warn his Turkish counterpart that any "precipitous" actions would not benefit US-Turkish relations and that crises should be avoided after Erdogan threatened to throw out the US ambassador to Turkey and other foreign envoys for seeking the release of jailed philanthropist Osman Kavala.

Erdogan later withdrew his threat to expel the envoys.