Erdogan tells Trump: Turkey ready to play facilitator role to resolve nuclear dispute

ANKARA: Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan told US President Donald Trump in a phone call on Sunday that Ankara was ready to play a facilitator role to resolve the nuclear dispute that led to the conflict between Israel and Iran, Erdogan’s office said.

Erdogan welcomed Trump’s latest statement on a possible peace between Iran and Israel, his office said, and urged his US counterpart to take action immediately to prevent a disaster “that could set the region on fire”.