THE Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to visit on Thursday Saudi Arabia, as reported by Reuters and the French News Agency (AFP), citing government sources in Ankara. The Turkish president is expected to meet with the crown prince Mohammed Bean Salmanas Ankara tries to restore relations with Riyadh, reports APE BPE.
Relations between the two countries were strained after the journalist’s murder Jamal Kasogiin October 2018, inside the consulate of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul.
President Erdogan had accused top Saudi government officials, including Prince Mohammed, of involvement in the murder of a Saudi journalist and for obstructing the investigation into the case.
Ankara’s comments at the time, which came amid international outcry, provoked a informal boycott of Saudi Arabia in Turkish products. Since then, Ankara has adopted softer tones and gone so far as to claim that there are no “thorns” in relations between the two countries.
Turkey has been working since 2020 to normalize relations with several Middle Eastern countries, including Egyptthe Israelτα United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. It has approached Gulf countries seeking financial support to tackle rampant inflation and rising energy prices since Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Last month, Riyadh asked Ankara to refer the judicial inquiry into Kasogi’s murder to Saudi authorities, a request that accepted on April 7 the Turkish justice.
Source: News Beast
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