Saudi King Salman thanks Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan

Saudi King Salman thanks Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan

RIYADH – Saudi King, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has thanked President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan for welcoming the Kingdom’s proposal to form a Joint Investigation Team to look into the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

King Salman stressed the desire of the Kingdom for building relations with Turkey as much as the Republic of Turkey was keen on it.

‘No one will undermine the strength of this relationship,’ said the king in a statement issued by the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs late Sunday.

On the other hand, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appreciated the ‘fraternal, distinguished, historical and close relations between the two countries’.