Biden, Erdogan Hold 'Productive' Talks But Announce No Breakthroughs

U.S. President Joe Biden and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan described their first face-to-face talks as heads of state as "productive" but did not announce any major breakthroughs in the relationship between the two countries. 

Biden told reporters after the meeting Monday on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Brussels that the talks were "positive and productive" and he was "confident we'll make real progress with Turkey."   Erdogan characterized the talks as "productive and sincere."  "We think that there are no issues between U.S. and Turkey relationship that are unsolvable and that areas of cooperation for us are richer and larger than problems," he said.