19-05-2025
Saudi Arabia, Türkiye Discuss Regional Developments
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah held talks in Riyadh on Sunday with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan.
They tackled means to bolster cooperation between their countries in various fields and discussed regional developments.
They chaired the second Saudi-Turkish Coordination Council meeting with talks focusing on intensifying mechanisms of bilateral cooperation in various sectors and efforts to bolster joint coordination on issues of common interest.
A memorandum of understanding was signed on cooperation in diplomatic training between the Saudi Foreign Ministry's Prince Saud Al Faisal Institute for Diplomatic Studies and Türkiye's Diplomacy Academy.
The Saudi-Turkish Coordination Council was set up in 2016 and is chaired by the foreign ministers of both countries. It aims to follow up on bilateral relations within a comprehensive framework that covers all aspects of cooperation.
It held its first meeting in Ankara in February 2017. It boasts the diplomacy and politics by-committee, another on military and security affairs, one on culture, sports, media and tourism, one on social development, health and education and one on trade, industry, investment, infrastructure and energy.
