Ankara hosted two important foreign guests on consecutive days last week.

The long-awaited visit of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Turkey on Wednesday was part of his first tour outside of the Gulf since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. He also had stops in Egypt and Jordan — two countries that are set to participate in the Jeddah summit next month.

As tension escalates between Iran and Greece, two of Turkey’s neighbors with whom it is at odds on several issues, Ankara is navigating between Scylla and Charybdis — the two maritime hazards in Greek mythology that both brought disaster.

Reports suggest that Jordan, Turkey and the UAE have agreed to move ahead with Israel’s proposal forregional cooperation on tackling the effects of climate change, an issue that has become an integral part of the region’s recent diplomatic traffic.