Saudi King Salman and Turkey’s premier on Wednesday discuss boosting ties and the status of Jerusalem, in a first high-level meeting since the US recognized the city as Israel’s capital.
Firm US ally Riyadh and NATO member Ankara have both slammed US President Donald Trump’s December 6 decision to upend decades of policy by Washington.
But the Saudis only sent a low-level representative to a conference of Muslim nations on the issue hosted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, amid signs of strains in their relations.
The Saudi SPA agency says King Salman received Prime Minister Binali Yildirim in Riyadh and discuss “means of boosting bilateral ties and developments in the region,” without providing details.
Yildirim’s office in Ankara says the status of Jerusalem and supporting the Palestinians were discussed at the meeting.
“The importance of the status of Jerusalem was emphasized and that the whole Islamic world should act with unity to protect the rights of our Palestinian brothers,” the office says citing Yildirim.
He also says that they discussed bilateral relations with Saudi Arabia, “one of the most important countries in the Gulf and the Middle East.”
— AFP
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