Erdogan, Biden meet on the sidelines of NATO leaders summit, discuss 'disputed' matters

According to a news wire, the Turkish President termed the meeting with his US counterpart result-oriented.

"There is no immediate solution to some existing problems between the two countries," Erdogan was quoted as having said.

Turkey has conveyed to the US about its stand on Afghanistan as Turkey will continue dialogue with Taliban.

Erdogan told media that the matter of Russian missile S-400 also came in discussion with Joe Biden.

Turkey underlined the need to resolve mutual disputes between the two countries through dialogue.      

Turkish President Erdogan gave no indication that Ankara’s deal with Moscow for the S-400 missile system, which triggered unprecedented US sanctions on the NATO ally, would be reversed.

Erdogan’s comments came on the heels of his first face-to-face bilateral meeting with President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the NATO leaders summit.

“It was a very fruitful and sincere meeting,” Erdogan told reporters at NATO’s headquarters, adding that the two allies would continue to negotiate on a range of issues.

Biden also said the meeting with Erdogan was productive, adding that he was confident the U.S. will “make real progress with Turkey.”

Under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, or CAATSA, any foreign government working with the Russian defense sector finds itself in the crosshairs of U.S. economic sanctions.

In December, the Trump administration slapped CAATSA sanctions on Turkey after the NATO ally purchased a multibillion-dollar Russian missile system. The S-400, a Russian mobile surface-to-air missile system, is said to pose a risk to the NATO alliance as well as the F-35, America’s most expensive weapons platform.

The move further stoked tensions between Washington and Ankara in the weeks ahead of Biden’s ascension to the White House.

-- Additional input from CNBC