RIYADH : Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan discussed on Tuesday bilateral relations and regional issues during meetings in Riyadh.
During the meetings, the leaders of the two countries emphasized the importance of coordination between the two countries in dealing with regional issues during critical times, also highlighting the friendly and strategic partnership between the two states, presidential sources said.
In this context, Saudi Arabia and Turkey reached an agreement on the establishment of a High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council, the sources added.
Saudi Arabia and Turkey agreed to set up a "strategic cooperation council" to strengthen military, economic and investment cooperation between the two countries, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said later on the same day.
"The meeting produced a desire to set up a high-level strategic cooperation council between the two countries," Jubeir told a joint news conference with his Turkish counterpart after talks in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.
He said the council will deal with security, military, economy, trade, energy and investment between the two countries. (Saudi Gazette)