The Turkish and Saudi Ministers of Foreign Affairs Meet in Mecca
May 12, 2021, 11:05 am

(hurriyetdailynews) The Turkish and Saudi Ministers of Foreign Affairs Meet in Mecca

Turkey and Saudi Arabia will keep dialogue to address their disagreements, Turkey's Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on May 11, after discussing bilateral ties and Israeli actions in Jerusalem and Gaza with his Saudi counterpart in Mecca.

Çavuşoğlu and his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan met for discussions on overcoming a rift over killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 in Istanbul that caused bitter recriminations and KSA boycotted the Turkish goods.

"I want to thank my brother Prince Faisal for his invitation and hospitality. We held a very open and frank meeting and addressed some problematic areas in our relationship," Çavuşoğlu told Turkish news agency Anadolu.

"We also discussed how to increase our cooperation in bilateral ties and in regional issues. We decided to continue our dialogue and I invited him to Turkey," Çavuşoğlu added.

The two ministers also discussed the Israeli "aggression" after the Arab League condemned deadly Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip and called the international community to stop escalating violence that it blamed on Israeli actions against Palestinians in Jerusalem.

"With the Saudi foreign minister, we didn't just discuss our bilateral ties, but we also discussed the steps we can take within the OIC, Arab League and beyond. we also evaluated other regional issues."

Source: Reuters

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