Top commander pays landmark visit to Saudi Arabia
ANKARA - Hürriyet Daily News
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Chief of Turkish General Staff
Gen. Necdet Özel departed today for a formal visit to Saudi Arabia, the Turkish
Armed Forces (TSK) announced on its website.
Although no further statement was provided on the TSK’s site, news reports said
the three-day visit was the first visit to Saudi Arabia by a Turkish chief of
General Staff in the last two decades.
According to the same reports, Özel will hold talks during the visit with
Hussein al-Kabil, the Saudi military chief of staff, and Prince Salman bin
Abdulaziz al-Saud, the country’s deputy prime minister and defense minister,
who was named as crown prince in June.
Additionally, Özel will visit some military facilities, the reports said,
noting that a second high-level delegation will travel to Riyadh at the same
time as Özel for the first meeting of a joint military committee between the
two countries.
