U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will have talks in Turkey on Nov. 21 as part of his trip including Morocco and Ukraine, according to diplomatic sources.
The vice president will meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime MinisterAhmet Davutoğlu and a number of nongovernmental representatives.
Biden will have meetings with Turkish leaders in Istanbul, so will not be the first official guest at Ak Saray, the controversial presidential palace in Ankara that recently sparked a public debate due to its cost.
Biden recently denied apologizing to Erdoğan for his statement about Turkey helping the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and other militant groups in Syria, contradicting a previous White House statement that claimed the opposite.