Warming ties with Turkey as Bin Farhan meets Erdogan in Istanbul

Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan discussed regional developments and bilateral ties with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a meeting in Istanbul, state news agency SPA reported yesterday. Bin Farhan and his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, separately agreed to set up a Saudi-Turkish coordination council, SPA said. The council aims to “advance ties between the two nations.”

IN OTHER DIPLO NEWS- The Kingdom’s new envoy to Egypt, Saleh bin Eid Al Husseini, presented his credentials to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi yesterday, SPA reports.

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