- Title: TURKEY: KING FEISAL OF SAUDI ARABIA ARRIVES ON WEEK'S OFFICIAL VISIT
- Date: 30th August 1966
- Summary: KING FEISAL OFF PLANE AT ANKARA AIRPORT AND BEING GREETED BY PRESIDENT SUNAY; THE KING MEETING OTHER TURKISH OFFICIALS; INSPECTING A GUARD OF HONOUR. Initials RM/V-S/BHH/SGM Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 14th September 1966 13:00
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- Location: ANKARA, TURKEY
- Country: Turkey
- Reuters ID: LVA1VKDCWXU5SSTB60KA14DAEIFA
- Story Text: IN ANKARA, PRESIDENT CEVDET SUNAY OF TURKEY GAVE ASSURANCE TO KING FEISAL OF SAUDI ARABIA YESTERDAY (MONDAY) THAT TURKEY WILL STRENGTHEN HER RELATIONS WITH ALL ARAB COUNTRIES. KING FEISAL ARRIVED IN ANKARA YESTERDAY ON A WEEK'S OFFICIAL VISIT.
TIGHT SECURITY PRECAUTIONS ARE IN FORCE IN ANKARA FOR KING FEISAL'S VISIT. AT A BANQUET IN THE KING'S HONOUR LAST NIGHT, PRESIDENT SUNAY SAID TURKISH AND SAUDI ARABIAN RELATIONS WILL BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE EXAMPLE, IN THE FUTURE, OF TURKEY'S STRENGTHENING OF HER RELATIONS WITH THE ARAB NATIONS.
PRESIDENT SUNAY SAID HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL IDEAS FORCED THE IDEA OF MUTUAL SUPPORT IN THE REGION, AND IT HAD ALWAYS BEEN THE AIM OF THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT TO FORM CLOSE RELATIONS WITH THE ARAB PEOPLES, INCREASE THE MUTUAL BENEFITS OF ALL COUNTRIES, AND DEFEND THE COMFORT OF THE REGION.
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