President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan paid an official visit to Saudi Arabia on 29-30 December 2015 upon the invitation by the King of Saudi Arabia Salman Bin Abdulaziz. Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu accompanied President Erdoğan during his visit.

As part of the visit, Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu met with his Saudi counterpart Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir and held a joint press conference following the meeting. Speaking at the said conference, Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu stated that in the talks between President Erdoğan and King of Saudi Arabia, Salman Bin Abdulaziz, both sides agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation and exchanged views on the bilateral and regional issues. Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu also drew attention to the agreement reached by the two countries to establish a High Level Strategic Cooperation Council, and said that he welcomes the decision to set up such a mechanism, which Turkey already established with 19 countries, also with friendly and brotherly Saudi Arabia. Speaking at the joint press conference Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir noted that with the said mechanism not only bilateral relations will be strengthened but also regional stability will be boosted.

For detailed information on President Erdoğan’s visit to Saudi Arabia: tccb.gov.tr