(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
Turkey and Saudi Arabia have demonstrated a common will to
develop bilateral relations on the basis of mutual respect and
trust, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, Trend reports citing
Daily
Sabah .
“We are determined to continue this effort for our common
interests and the stability of our region,” the president told
reporters aboard the presidential plane on the return flight from a
trip to Saudi Arabia.
King Salman received President Erdogan Thursday evening with an
official ceremony in the city of Jiddah. The two leaders held a
closed-door meeting at Al-Salam Royal Palace.
Erdogan also met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
(MBS). Earlier, the president arrived in Saudi Arabia for a two-day
working visit.
Erdogan and Saudi Arabia's crown prince met to develop
relations.
The last time Erdogan visited Saudi Arabia was in 2017, when he
tried to mediate a dispute pitting the kingdom and other Gulf
countries against Qatar.
Emphasizing the rift between Gulf countries and Iran, Erdogan
said the different positions on the Yemen civil war is one of the
most important sources of this disagreement.
“There is also the issue of the Houthis. Saudi Arabia's concerns
on this issue continue,” he said.
On Saturday, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi reported in
an interview that after years of tensions, regional rivals Iran and
Saudi Arabia could be approaching a detente.
Noting that Turkey has a lot in common with the Middle East
countries,“whose people are Muslim,” Erdogan said Western powers
intervene in the region and support terrorist organizations.
“Along with some European countries, one of the most power
countries of the world sent truckloads of weapons to these
terrorists,” he said, referring to U.S. support to YPG terrorists
in northern Syria.
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