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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud in Ankara, Turkey…reports Asian Lite News

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud on Wednesday arrived in Ankara to start his first visit to Turkey since the death of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)

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