Turkish President, Italian Premier Talk Bilateral Ties Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Giuseppe Conte discuss steps to improve relations between 2 countries and regional developments. The Turkish president and Italian prime minister discussed bilateral relations in a phone call, Turkish authorities said on Friday. Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Giuseppe Conte discussed steps to improve relations between the two countries and regional developments, Turkey's Communications Directorate said in a statement. According to the statement, Erdogan said that Turkey values relations between Ankara and Rome, and when the coronavirus outbreak allows, both countries would like to hold a third intergovernmental summit in Turkey. Thanking Italy for its support in the context of the European Union, which Italy is a member of, Erdogan said that he believed Rome would direct the EU to adopt a common sense, fair attitude in the Eastern Mediterranean.