US President Joe Biden said Monday that the United States will make progress in relations with Turkey "very soon", in comments that come after a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Brussels.

During a press conference that followed his participation in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit, Biden said: "My meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was very positive and fruitful."

Erdogan, for his part, said that he had "very frank and fruitful" talks with Biden, adding at a press conference after the meeting that "there is no problem in the relations between Turkey and the United States that cannot be overcome."

He explained that he "had extensive talks with Biden", and assured him "the need to revive the mechanisms of joint dialogue", while "joint efforts on regional issues" were discussed.

Erdogan stressed that he "has many years of friendship with US President" Biden.

The Turkish president had said, upon his departure from Turkey, that he and Biden should take advantage of Monday's meeting "to move from the previous problem stage."

Turkey has the second largest army participating in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, after the American army, and is considered one of the important allies of the United States in the region, but files such as Ankara’s pursuit to buy Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missiles, and disputes over Syria, human rights, the treatment of Armenians and tensions In the eastern Mediterranean, it all harmed the relations between the two countries