Turkey 'seeks ways to repair relationship' with Saudi Arabia
27 April, 2021
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s top aide and spokesman Ibrahim Kalin on Monday said the united states wished to repair its ties with Saudi Arabia and that Turkey respected the decision manufactured in the Khashoggi trial.
“We will seek methods to repair the relationship with a far more positive agenda with Saudi Arabia aswell,” Mr Kalin said.
"That they had a court, they determined so we respect that decision.”
Mr Kalin was discussing the trials held in Saudi Arabia that resulted in eight persons being jailed for the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi embassy in Istanbul, Turkey.
Five persons were sentenced to 20 years in prison and three were given a prison sentence as high as 10 years, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
Tension between both countries escalated following the killing in 2018, which eventually resulted in a ban on Turkish imports, and trade between both countries dropped to 98 per cent.
Mr Kalin hopes the ban will be lifted because Turkey has been working on mending its relationship with the Arab world.
This year, Mr Erdogan welcomed Saudi Arabia and other GCC states' agreement to revive ties with Qatar, calling the move beneficial.
“We hope our position in Gulf co-operation will be re-established," he said. "This can make Gulf co-operation stronger.”
Source: www.thenationalnews.com
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