Turkish FM visits Saudi Arabia

The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu will kick off a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia today Monday.

In a statement published on its website, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said that the visit will focus on bilateral relations between Riyadh and Ankara, and exchange of views on regional issues during the upcoming meeting between the foreign ministers of the two countries.

Last week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan phoned Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

The Turkish presidency said in a statement that Erdogan held a phone call with the Saudi monarch, during which they discussed bilateral relations between Riyadh and Ankara, without mentioning further details.