Saudi Arabia and Turkey are two influential regional heavyweights and are seeking to bolster bilateral relations in various fields, according to the kingdom’s new ambassador in Ankara.
In an exclusive interview with Anadolu Agency on Sunday, Walid Abdul Karim el-Khereiji said the leaders of both Saudi Arabia and Turkey were cooperating to defuse conflicts in the Middle East.
The interview comes on the eve of a scheduled visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Saudi Arabia on Monday as part of a regional tour that also includes Bahrain and Qatar.
El-Khereiji said Riyadh and Ankara share identical views regarding various regional issues, especially war-torn Syria and Iraq.
Syria fell into civil war in 2011 when the Bashar al-Assad regime suppressed pro-democracy protests with unexpected ferocity.
Iraq has also been struggling to oust Daesh terrorist group, which captured vast swathes of territory in the country’s north and west in 2014.
“Saudi Arabia and Turkey are keen on cooperating together to defuse Middle East crises,” the Saudi envoy said.
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