Abdullah, Gul Hold Talks Amid Syria Crackdown
King Abdullah and Turkish President Abdullah Gul, who have urged reforms and an end to the bloodshed in Syria, met in the Saudi city of Jeddah, state news agency SPA reported Monday.
Saudi media said the meeting late on Sunday homed in on "regional and international developments," without a direct mention of the deadly crackdown on dissent in Syria.
Both fellow Muslim states have urged Syrian President Bashar Assad to bring in swift reforms and end the killings.
The Gulf monarchy, a Sunni regional heavyweight which had remained silent on the Syrian revolt which broke out in mid-March, earlier this month recalled its ambassador from Damascus.
Gul last week urged Assad to implement reforms before it is too late, in a letter handed to the embattled Syrian leader by Turkey's foreign minister.
King Abdullah and U.S. President Barack Obama agreed in a telephone call on Saturday that "the Syrian regime's brutal campaign of violence against the Syrian people must end immediately," the White House said.
Source: Agence France Presse
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