(1st UPDATE) Arab states' representatives will stress the 'Arab stance calling for an immediate ceasefire, delivering humanitarian aid, and ways of ending the dangerous deterioration that threatens the security of the region'
As reported by Reuters, Israel will keep the Golan Heights which it captured from Syria in a 1967 war, even if international views on Damascus change, Israeli Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, said on .
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz have discussed bilateral ties in a call, the second conversation between the two leaders in less than a month.
In a brief statement late on Tuesday, Turkey’s communications directorate said the two leaders “evaluated” matters on issues affecting both countries “and steps to be taken to further the cooperation”.
Turkey is seeking to improve ties with Saudi Arabia after they were thrown into crisis by the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by a Saudi hit squad inside the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul.
Last year, Saudi businessmen endorsed an unofficial boycott of Turkish goods in response to what they called hostility from Ankara, slashing the value of trade by 98 percent.