Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Ankara, for his first visit to Turkey following the slaying of Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul.
As Saudi Arabia and Turkey press ahead with efforts to repair ties that were strained by Khashoggi’s killing, the crown prince will meet President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the last leg of a Middle East tour that also took him to Egypt and Jordan.
Erdogan said talks with Prince Mohammed, who is commonly referred to by his initials MBS, would focus on advancing Turkish-Saudi relations to a “much higher degree.”
The issue of Kashoggi’s death still threatens to strain the talks as his widow Hatice Cengiz continues to call the prince ‘a murderer.’
