Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that rival Middle Eastern forces will visit Saudi Arabia next month to ease tensions following the 2018 assassination of a prominent Saudi journalist in Istanbul. “He promised, and I will visit Saudi Arabia in February,” Erdogan said, referring explicitly to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler of the kingdom. Mr Erdogan and the Saudi Crown Prince have been meeting for several weeks, people familiar with the effort said. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia in 2017 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. A secret trial in Saudi Arabia resulted in the trial of eight low-ranking officials in 2019.

Source: Wall Street Journal January 04, 2022 04:28 UTC