Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – The Turkish presidency announced, on Wednesday, that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed, during a phone call, with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz, “bilateral relations and regional issues.”
The Turkish Presidency’s Communication Department said in a statement: “Erdogan and King Salman exchanged congratulations on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, and the two sides discussed relations between the two countries and regional issues,” according to the Turkish news agency, “Anatolia.”
And the Saudi Press Agency “SPA” reported that the Saudi monarch received a phone call from the Turkish president, “in which he congratulated him on Eid al-Adha, and on the kingdom’s good organization of this year’s pilgrimage.” The agency added that King Salman bin Abdulaziz “expressed his thanks to Erdogan for the congratulations.”
It is noteworthy that the Turkish presidency said, on Monday, that the Turkish president exchanged congratulations with the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, on the occasion of the blessed Eid al-Adha.
A statement by the Turkish Presidency Communication Department said: “The two sides discussed, in a telephone conversation, relations between the two countries and regional issues,” according to the Anatolia Agency.
And the Saudi Press Agency said that Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call from the Turkish president, in which he “congratulated him on Eid al-Adha.”
She added, “The Crown Prince exchanged congratulations with the Turkish President on this happy occasion, asking God Almighty to return this occasion to the two countries, the two brotherly peoples and the Islamic nation with goodness and joys.”
Last month, the Saudi crown prince visited Turkey on his first-ever official visit to the country.
The Turkish president visited Saudi Arabia last April, where he met the Saudi king and his crown prince.
Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to Turkey was part of a tour that included Egypt and Jordan.
