Erdogan prays in Mecca – Visit to Saudi Arabia for Turkish president

Under tight security, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Mecca to pray, with videos and photos showing him reaching the Masjid al-Haram mosque. Erdogan arrives in Saudi Arabia, culminating in months of efforts to restore Ankara’s ties with Riyadh.

This effort includes Turkey’s decision to move the trial of the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Kasogi to Saudi Arabia.

Analysts and officials say funding from Saudi Arabia could help weaken the Turkish economy.

The ties between the two countries were then damaged Kasoghi’s assassination at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018.


Source: News Beast

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