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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held bilateral meetings leaders, who were in Antalya for the G20 Leaders’ Summit.

President Erdoğan’s first bilateral meeting was with Malaysian PM Najib Razak. Afterwards, President Erdoğan met with President of Senegal Macky Sall, King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Suud of Saudi Arabia, President of South Africa Jacob Zuma, Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull and Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong respectively.

Later on that day, President Erdoğan met Chinese President Xi Jinping. After the meeting between delegations, chaired by the two leaders, 7 agreements were signed between Turkey and China.

President Erdoğan’s final meeting on Nov. 14 was with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon.

On Nov. 15, President Erdoğan met US President Obama before the official opening ceremony of the G20 Leaders’ Summit. The two Presidents discussed the terrorist attacks in Ankara and Paris, the struggle against international terror, Syria, the refugee problem, climate change and inclusive growth.

Continuing his bilateral meetings, President Erdoğan received Minister of Foreign Affairs Laurent Fabius and Minister of Finance Michel Sapin of France, who were in Antalya on behalf of President Francois Hollande of France, who had cancelled his visit to Antalya for the G20 Summit after the terrorist attacks in Paris.

Receiving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron, President Erdoğan met President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. The leaders decided that the High-Level Cooperation Council Meeting be held in Russia on December 15 and they exchanged views regarding regional issues, particularly Syria.

On the last day of the Summit, President Erdoğan received Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy of Spain.

Afterwards, President Erdoğan met President of Mexico Enrique Pena Nieto and Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel. Holding a trilateral meeting with President of the European Council Donald Tusk and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, President Erdoğan held his last bilateral meeting with Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau.