Türkiye’s new Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan spoke over the cellphone along with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry to handle bilateral relations, based on diplomatic sources on Sunday.
Shoukry additionally congratulated Fidan on taking workplace.
Fidan took cost from his predecessor, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, earlier this week. He was the chief of Türkiye’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) for 13 years.
In April, Çavuşoğlu, the then Turkish overseas minister, stated that Türkiye and Egypt agreed on bettering bilateral ties and elevating diplomatic relations to the best stage.
“We are taking concrete steps to raise representation to the level of embassies. In the coming period, we will inform you with a joint statement,” Çavuşoğlu stated at a news convention along with his Egyptian counterpart Shoukry within the capital Ankara.
Diplomatic relations between Türkiye and Egypt have been on the stage of fees d’affaires since 2013.
During his March 18 go to to Cairo, the primary by a Turkish overseas minister in 11 years, Çavuşoğlu stated the 2 international locations had been seeking to increase diplomatic relations to the best stage “as soon as possible.”
Source: www.anews.com.tr
