Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet with US counterpart Joe Biden at the White House on May 9.
It would be the first White House meeting between the two leaders, who last met on the margins of the NATO summit in Lithuania in July.
The NATO allies are seeking to rebuild ties strained over disputes including Turkey’s delayed approval of Sweden’s accession to the alliance.
Turkey’s resistance to Sweden’s NATO bid after Russia’s war on Ukraine in 2022 was one of the sticking issues in ties. The move reflected Erdogan’s more nuanced stance toward Russia.
Turkey has profited from maintaining trade with Moscow while at the same time supplying Ukraine with drones and other essential arms.
Erdogan has also been one of the few Western leaders to hold regular meetings and phone conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was initially expected to visit Turkey in February.
Ankara refused to join the West in imposing sanctions on Russia as concerns were raised over Turkey becoming a transit route for goods supporting Moscow’s wartime defence industry.
