Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud

Prime Minister Boyko Borisov left on Tuesday for an official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A visit to such a high level takes place for the first time in the history of bilateral relations, the press service of the government said.

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu will visit Mecca on June 16 and meet Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud as part of Turkey's efforts to calm down the ongoing crisis between Qatar and other Gulf countries. 

Çavuşoğlu will share "Turkey's sincere opinion" regarding the crisis during his visit to Mecca, he said in Kuwait on June 16 after talks in Qatar on June 15.

The crisis between Qatar and some Arab countries should be resolved "through peace and dialogue," Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said June 14.

PM Boyko Borisov met with His Royal Highness Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Chairman of the Commission for Tourism and National Heritage of Saudi Arabia, who is heading a delegation studying the potential possibilities for investments in Bulgaria.

Bulgaria has at its disposal excellent conditions for the development of all kinds of tourism - seaside, mountain, cultural, spa and rehabilitation tourism, and needs strong partners in order to fulfill its huge potential in this strategic sector, stated President Rossen Plevneliev at a meeting with the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Commission for Tourism and National Heritage of th

The political row which erupted after the Turkish president called for the co-leaders of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) to have their immunities lifted to facilitate an investigation has prompted one of the party's co-chairs to say "bring it on."

Turkey and Israel are two countries in the Middle East that need each other, according to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an. 

"Israel is in need of a country like Turkey in the region. We have to admit that we also need Israel," Erdo?an said on his return from an official trip to Saudi Arabia.

Sectarian differentiation in the Islamic alliance to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is "out of the question," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has stated, speaking on his return from an official trip to Saudi Arabia.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an is set to visit Saudi Arabia on Dec. 29-30 and meet King Salman bin Abdülaziz al-Saud, a written statement from the presidential office has said. 

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud was welcomed by a convoy of luxury cars on Nov. 12 to attend the G-20 Summit on Nov. 15-16 in Antalya, where 546 rooms have been booked for him.