Accompanied by a large delegation, the Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan leaves today for the USA to attend the 79th UN General Assembly next week. Erdogan is expected to deliver a speech next Tuesday, September 24 at the General Assembly, where he will appeal to the international community for the Palestinian issue and criticize Israel.

Although Tayyip Erdogan is expected to have many meetings with foreign leaders on the sidelines of the General Assembly, so far his detailed schedule has not been announced, nor is there any information about a possible meeting with the president Joe Biden.

However, Erdoğan had an informal meeting with the American president in Washington last July, at the Summit of Heads of State and Government for the 75th anniversary of the founding of NATO. And senior US diplomat John Bass held detailed talks a few days ago in Ankara with Hakan Fidan and other Turkish officials on the course of Turkish-US relations.

Erdogan-Haris meeting in the US

However, according to Bloomberg, the Turkish president, before his speech on Tuesday, requested a meeting with Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, from whom he is awaiting a response, while he is reportedly open to a meeting with his vice-presidential candidate. Donald Trump,James David Vance.

Erdogan’s contacts with international economic actors will be of particular importance. He will be accompanied by Minister of Economy and Finance Mehmet Simsek and Minister of Trade Omer Bolat and will meet with senior executives of 20 Fortune 100 companies. Turkey will hold a two-day investment conference, where the Governor of the Central Bank of Turkey will make a special presentation.

Among other things, the Turkish president is expected to have contacts both with the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis as well as with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

By an interesting coincidence, at the same time, the president of the PRL, the official opposition, Özgür Ozel, will be in New York to participate next Wednesday, September 25, in the Congress of the Socialist International as vice-president after being elected to this position last year. February.