On Sunday, a Saudi diplomat said that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is set to kick off a regional tour on Monday in Egypt that is set to take him to Turkey to increase regional ties.
During the tour, it is expected that Bin Salman will discuss “regional and international files and the future of international cooperation,” the diplomat said, according to AFP.
He added that investment and energy deals are due to be signed, and that, after Cairo, the crown prince will travel to Jordan and Turkey.
Bin Salman is also due to visit Greece, Cyprus and Algeria, “probably in late July,” the diplomat said. However, the Saudi government has yet to confirm the upcoming trips.
This would be the first time that Bin Salman would visit Turkey since the killing of the Washington Post and Middle East Eye journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
The visit, following one by the Turkish president Tayyip Recep Erdogan to Saudi Arabia in April, is expected to heal ties between the two countries.
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