BEIJING, Sept 16, 2022 (BSS/AFP) - China's President Xi Jinping will meet his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday, on the sidelines of a regional security meeting in Central Asia, state media said.

"On the morning of September 16, President Xi Jinping will meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Samarkand," Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said, announcing the meeting on the sidelines of a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in the city in Uzbekistan.