Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expects improvement of relations with Washington after US President-elect Donald Trump takes office. He hopes that Turkey and US will be able to reach a consensus on a number of regional issues, Reuters reports.

"I believe we will accelerate dialogue when Mr Trump takes office. I believe we will reach a consensus on a number of regional issues, and make rapid headway," he said at the meeting with Turkish ambassadors Monday.