Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on April 29 paid a one-day visit to Rome to attend the fourth intergovernmental summit between Italy and Turkey. A joint cabinet meeting was held.
Erdogan held a joint press conference with Italy’s right-wing-to-far-right PM Giorgia Meloni. He also met with his Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella.
Photo: Meloni (right) watches on as Erdogan (left) addresses a press conference.
Erdogan’s younger son-in-law Selcuk Bayraktar, owner of drone maker Baykar, was also present at the press briefing, while Bayraktar’s Italian partner, aerospace producer Leonardo, which recently signed a partnership agreement with Baykar, was also represented at the event.
Photo: Bayraktar (front, left) posed with his Leonardo counterart (right) as Erdogan (left) and Meloni (right) stood on stages of.
Erdogan and Meloni also participated in a Turkey-Italy business forum.
Photo: Trademark finger wag from Erdogan in Rome.
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