Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was welcomed by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at Budapest’s Varkert Bazar ahead of the Organization of Turkic States (TDT) Informal Summit. Before the summit, Erdoğan held a friendly exchange with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. The three leaders met in a cordial setting before the official sessions began.