Recep Tayyip Erdogan invites Donald Trump to visit Turkey

The White House spokesperson said: "President Erdogan invited President Trump to visit Turkey in 2019. While nothing definite is being planned, the President is open to a potential meeting in the future."

Last Sunday, the US President wrote on Twitter that he had a “long and productive” call with Erdogan in which they discussed “the slow and highly coordinated” pullout of US military personnel.

Trump said he and Erdogan also discussed "heavily expanded" trade between the US and Turkey after the two NATO allies' relationship went into a tailspin in recent months over a number of issues.

Erdogan said in a separate tweet: "I had a productive call with Donald Trump today, in which we agreed to strengthen our coordination on a range of issues, including our trade relations and the developments in Syria."

Donald Trump hosted Erdogan at the White House in May last year./.