Turkey's President Erdogan visited Saudi Arabia for the first time after the incident, which had been chilling over the murder of a journalist four years ago.


Turkey wants to draw out Saudi Arabia's cooperation to rebuild the sluggish economy.

President Erdogan arrived in Jeddah in western Saudi Arabia on the night of the 28th and met with King Salman and Crown Prince Muhammad, who leads economic policy.



The relationship between the two countries suddenly cooled after the murder of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey in 2018.



President Erdogan has indicated that he will pursue Prince Muhammad's involvement in the case, but this month he transferred the hearing of the trial held in Turkey in the absence of the defendant to Saudi Arabia, closing the case. It became the shape that I planned.

According to the Turkish Presidential Office, President Erdogan's official visit to Saudi Arabia is the first in five years since 2017, before the incident.



President Erdogan commented on Twitter after the meeting that he is "working to expand political, military and economic relations and start a new era" to strengthen cooperation in the fields of energy and defense with Saudi Arabia. Showed motivation.



In Turkey, prices have risen sharply due to the depreciation of the currency lira, and the lives of citizens have been greatly affected.The Turkish government wants to urgently improve relations with Saudi Arabia, a major oil-producing country, and elicit economic cooperation. ..