Biden Meets Unannounced With Erdogan, a US and NATO Foil

President Joe Biden and Recep Tayyip Erdogan meet during the G20 summit on Nov. 15.

Photographer: Emin Sansar/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
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President Joe Biden had a brief, unannounced meeting Tuesday with Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The two men met on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Bali, Indonesia. Turkish media posted pictures of them together on Twitter, but the White House didn’t announce the meeting in advance and US journalists accompanying Biden to the G-20 weren’t allowed to cover it.