Saudi Arabia and Türkiye on Tuesday signed several lucrative contracts, including Riyadh agreeing to buy Turkish drones, during President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s trip, as Ankara reaps the benefits of its recent diplomatic push to repair ties with several Gulf powers.
Erdoğan and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman oversaw the signing ceremony between Turkish drone magnate Baykar and the Saudi defense ministry, Saudi state news agency SPA reported.
Erdoğan arrived in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah on Monday accompanied by an entourage of some 200 businesspeople for the first stop of a three-day Gulf tour, his first post-reelection multicountry trip that seeks to further diplomacy and economic cooperation with the region.
Saudi Arabia will acquire the drones “with the aim of enhancing the readiness of the kingdom’s armed forces and bolstering its defense and manufacturing capabilities,” Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud said in a tweet on Tuesday.
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