Erdoğan and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met Monday with the leaders of Japan and Iran in New York.
The closed-door meetings with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani came a day before Erdoğan's address to the UN General Assembly's 73rd session.
The theme of this year's general assembly is Making the United Nations Relevant to All People: Global Leadership and Shared Responsibilities for Peaceful, Equitable and Sustainable Societies.
Erdoğan also met UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday at the organization's headquarters in the city.
Erdoğan's schedule in New York runs through Wednesday.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan meets his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani ahead of the 73rd Session of United Nations General Assembly in New York, United States on September 24, 2018.
Erdoğan meets Iran's Rouhani in New York