ArmInfo. Turkey expressed dissatisfaction with the Vatican over the recognition of the events of 1915. According to Turkish media, this was said by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, commenting on the results of the visit to the Vatican. According to Erdogan, Pope Francis listened to his statements. "Pope Francis is in solidarity with Turkey over the so-called Armenian genocide," the Turkish leader said. Meanwhile, according to the Vatican Printing Hall, at the meeting of Francis with Erdogan touched on the bilateral relations between the Holy See and Turkey, the situation in the country and the situation of the Catholic Church in it, and the question of receiving numerous refugees. The parties also discussed the situation in the Middle East, with special emphasis on the status of Jerusalem, and stressed the need to promote peace and stability and the region through dialogue and negotiation, in the spirit of respect for human rights and international law. At the beginning of the meeting, the Pope gifted the Turkish president a medallion with the image of an angel killing a war demon Erdogan became the first head of Turkey in 59 years, who was received at the Vatican. Francis was the first to make an apostolic visit to Turkey in November 2014 at the invitation of the government. In 2016, during his visit to Armenia, the Pope recognized and condemned the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire as before. This provoked the wrath of Ankara, who called the pontiff a distributor of the "mentality of the crusades."