Biden to warn Turkey's Erdogan against 'precipitous' actions

U.S. President Joe Biden reaches out to shake hands with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a group photo at the G20 summit in Rome, Italy October 30, 2021. Evan Vucci/Pool via REUTERS

ROME (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will warn Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting on Sunday that any precipitous actions would not benefit U.S.-Turkish relations and that crises should be avoided, a U.S. official said on Saturday.

Erdogan earlier this month ordered 10 envoys, including the U.S. ambassador, to be declared "persona non grata" for seeking the release of jailed philanthropist Osman Kavala, though he later withdrew the threat to expel them.