Turkey reiterated its demands that Israel apologize, pay damages and lift blockade on Gaza.

PanARMENIAN.Net - U.S. President Barack Obama met Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday in Toronto, Canada where they attended the G20 summit.

Erdogan and Obama discussed a wide range of issues from Turkish-U.S. cooperation against PKK to Iran's nuclear program and relations between Israel and Turkey. On cooperation against the terrorist organization PKK, leaders focused on benefits of tripartite mechanism of Turkey, United States and Iraq and they underscored the need to continue the mechanism. Turkey voiced its expectations from the United States and U.S. officials pledged to continue to support Turkey against PKK.

On relations between Turkey and Israel, Obama said United States was uneasy about what happened recently between Turkey and Israel which he described as two ally countries. Turkish-Israeli relations strained after a May 31 Israeli raid on a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza. Obama said United States would continue to contribute to efforts for a solution to problem between the two countries.

Turkey reiterated its demands that Israel apologize, pay damages and lift blockade on Gaza. Iran's nuclear program was also on the agenda of the meeting with the two sides discussing the issue in detail and explaining their positions on it, Cumhuriyet reported.