NEW YORK — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the effort to normalize relations with Saudi Arabia during his first-ever known meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.
The meeting came a day after Erdogan told reporters he supported the Biden administration's initiative to broker an Israeli-Saudi deal, saying it would lower tensions in the region.
Netanyahu and Erdogan also agreed to coordinate mutual visits in the near future, according to Netanyahu's office.
Erdogan is interested in arranging a trip to Israel as soon as possible to pray at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque, Channel 12 news reported, without citing a source. The prayer would mark the 100-year anniversary of the Turkish Republic, founded on October 29, 1923.
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Lazar Berman is the Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter and a Middle East Forum Writing Fellow.