Turkey, Saudi Arabia discuss efforts to end Qatar rift
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has spoken with Saudi Arabia's King Salman and its new crown prince over the phone and they agreed to increase efforts to end tension related to Qatar, sources from Erdogan's office said.
Turkey has offered strong support to Qatar after Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Egypt and several other countries took measures to isolate Qatar, accusing Doha of funding terrorism and fomenting regional instability. Qatar denies the allegations.
Erdogan spoke with the Saudi leaders on Wednesday evening and "agreement was reached on increasing efforts towards ending tension in the region related to Qatar", the sources said in a statement.
The leaders also stressed their determination to strengthen Turkish-Saudi ties, while Erdogan congratulated Mohammed bin Salman on his promotion to crown prince, the sources said before adding that Erdogan and King Salman also agreed to hold face-to-face talks at the G20 meeting in Hamburg next month.
source: AlJazeera
22.06.2017
Turkey has offered strong support to Qatar after Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Egypt and several other countries took measures to isolate Qatar, accusing Doha of funding terrorism and fomenting regional instability. Qatar denies the allegations.
Erdogan spoke with the Saudi leaders on Wednesday evening and "agreement was reached on increasing efforts towards ending tension in the region related to Qatar", the sources said in a statement.
The leaders also stressed their determination to strengthen Turkish-Saudi ties, while Erdogan congratulated Mohammed bin Salman on his promotion to crown prince, the sources said before adding that Erdogan and King Salman also agreed to hold face-to-face talks at the G20 meeting in Hamburg next month.
source: AlJazeera
22.06.2017
