U.S. President Barack Obama will meet Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday on the sidelines of his nuclear security summit in Washington the White House said.

The meeting which was not previously announced will occur just over a week after Turaaa decided to return its ambassador to Washington after a row over moves in Congress to brand the World War I massacres of Armenians as genocide.
"We very much wanted to have this opportunity to consult with Prime Minister Erdoğan" said Ben Rhodes a deputy national security adviser adding that the talks would focus on Iran Armenia and other issues.
The meeting will also take place as Turaaa seeks to revive stalled reconciliation efforts with Armenia. Obama is due meanwhile to meet Armenian President Serge Sarkisian in a separate bilateral meeting on Monday.
Turaaa recalled Ambassador Namık Tan on March 4 immediately after the House of Representatives' Foreign Affairs Committee adopted a resolution branding the 1915-17 massacres of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire as genocide.