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STAT	Saudi Arabia	Turkey
Croatia > Date of Establishment	June 8, 1995	August 26, 1992
Date of establishment of relations with China	July 21, 1990	August 4, 1971
Date of recognition of Israel	None	None
Date of recognition of Kosovo	None	None
Date of recognition of State of Palestine	16 November 1988	15 November 1988
Date of recognition of Syrian National Council	Informal relations Verbal support	Rejection of Assad government Formal relations from 14 December Verbal Support
Diplomatic relations with Palestine	Yes	Yes
Diplomatic representation in the US > Ambassador	Al-Jubeir, Adel A. Adel A. Al-Jubeir	Tan, Namık Namık Tan
International recognition of the Syrian National Council notes	On 22 January 2012, A SNC delegation met with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal , who pledged "Saudi Arabia's support and commitment to stand by the Syrian people and to help alleviate their suffering in this crisis." In a 27 January 2012 interview with the Kuwaiti Al-Rai newspaper, SNC Executive Council member Ahmad Ramadan reported that Prince Saud al-Faisal met a SNC delegation in Cairo the week previously. Saud informed them that Saudi Arabia will recognise the SNC as the "official representative of the Syrian people", at a yet unspecified date. The UK newspaper, The Times reported that Qatar and Saudi Arabia are to begin funding the Syrian National Council and other armed groups fighting the Assad regime.	On 15 November 2011, Recep Tayyip Erdogan , the Prime Minister of Turkey , has expressed his support for the Syrian National Council, saying that "Turkey had lost confidence in the leadership of Bashar al-Assad " and that "the Syrian leader will pay the price sooner or later". On 14 December 2011, SNC opened its first office in Istanbul . Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan has been trying to "cultivate a favorable relationship with whatever government would take the place of Assad."
Nepal > Date of Establishment	March 15, 1977	November 15, 1962
Recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia	During a meeting with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin , the Secretary of the Saudi National Security Council , Bandar bin Sultan , told that King Abdullah and the whole leadership of the country had full understanding for the actions of the Russian side in South Ossetia.	A Foreign Ministry statement on 26 August 2008 declared that "Turkey attaches importance to the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia and is highly concerned about the recent developments. Turkey is of the opinion that this conflict should be resolved through peaceful means".
Recognition of Israel notes	title=Visa information: Saudi Arabia|url= http://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?SpecData=1&VISA=&page=visa&NA=IL&DE=SA&PASSTYPES=PASS&user=DL&subuser=DELTAB2C|work=Timatic Web|publisher=Air Transport Association}}</ref>	In September 2011, Turkey downgraded ties with Israel to second secretary level.

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