Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud have agreed to improve relations between the two countries. According to news agencies, the two leaders spoke on the phone for the first time between Friday and Saturday night after the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi embassy in Istanbul in October 2018. The Turkish presidential office said that President Erdoانan and King Salman discussed the G20 summit in addition to relations during a telephone conversation. According to the statement, the two leaders agreed to keep the door of dialogue open, so that relations could be improved and problems resolved. The contact was in fact in the context of the G20 summit. The summit of the world’s 20 most powerful economies is taking place this year in the Saudi capital, Riyadh. The two-day meeting began on Saturday and will continue today. Shah Salman has said that the G20, which is comprised of major global economies, has proved its strength and capability in its efforts to minimize the effects of the global corona epidemic. He made the remarks in a tweet ahead of the G20 summit. The Turkish president also addressed the conference via video link on Saturday. He said the decisions taken at the meeting would not only affect the negative effects of the Corona crisis. We will also meet the expectations of the G20.
It should be noted that this is the first time that the G20 summit has been held in an Arab country. Many issues are on the agenda of the meeting, most notably energy, environment, digital economy, health and education. Saudi Arabia seeks to strengthen cooperation with its partners in member countries to meet the goals of the G20. The hosting of the summit will also play a role in presenting issues of importance to the Middle East and North Africa. International media say that the declaration prepared by the G20 summit has made it clear that the debt relief plan is likely to be implemented by June 2021. The statement also said that Code 19 severely affected the most vulnerable sections of the society.
