U.S. President Joe Biden thanked President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for his courage, leadership and diplomacy in the aftermath of the two-day NATO summit that took place in Vilnius, Lithuania.

In a video message posted on Twitter, Biden said he hoped the summit can strengthen NATO's defense.

The two leaders had fruitful talks on the sidelines of the summit, as Erdoğan said Türkiye-U.S. relations would enter a new period following the meeting.

On Wednesday, Erdoğan expressed confidence about the U.S. sale of F-16 fighter jets to Türkiye.

The meeting marked the culmination of a flurry of high-level diplomatic engagements between Türkiye and the U.S. in the run-up to the Vilnius summit, including three phone calls between Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in five days and Sunday’s phone call between Erdoğan and Biden.