Turkey continues a "positive dialogue" with Saudi Arabia and wants to take concrete steps in the coming days to improve relations, President Tayyip Erdogan said.

Relations between Ankara and Riyadh escalated after the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul. Following Turkey's demands that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other officials be prosecuted, Riyadh imposed an unofficial boycott on goods from Turkey.

In 2020, Saudi Arabia jailed eight people for between seven and 20 years for Khashoggi's murder. At the time Ankara said the verdict fell short of expectations but has since softened its tone as part of a broader attempt to repair ties with the Gulf, even going as far as saying it has no problems with Riyadh.