Sweden The 2005 Project Simoom contract on weapon industry cooperation[104][105] was torn up by the Swedish government in 2015.[106] Swedish foreign minister Wallström's planned speech[107] for the Arab Union in March 2015 was blocked by Saudi Arabia, after Sweden criticized Saudi Arabia on human rights issues.[108] Turkey See Saudi Arabia–Turkey relations Turkey was one of the first states that recognised the country in 1926 and had a diplomatic mission in Hijaz.[109] Saudi Arabia has an embassy in Ankara and a consulate – general in Istanbul.[110] Turkey has an embassy in Riyadh and a consulate – general in Jeddah.[111][112] Both countries are full members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).