Cavusoglu’s go to is the primary such high-level journey in additional than a decade for a Turkish official, as the 2 nations search to fix ties broken within the wake of the 2011 Arab Spring.
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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will go to Egypt, Ankara introduced on Friday, the primary such high-level journey in additional than a decade, as the 2 nations mend relations broken within the wake of the 2011 Arab Spring.
An announcement from the Turkish Foreign Ministry stated Cavusoglu will go to Egypt on Saturday on the invitation of his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukry.
The ministers will focus on bilateral relations in addition to regional and worldwide points, the assertion stated.
“All aspects of our bilateral relations will be discussed, and views will be exchanged on regional and international issues,” Türkiye’s international ministry added.
The go to “inaugurates a path for restoring normal relationships between the two countries,” Egypt’s international ministry stated in a simultaneous assertion.
Cavusoglu’s journey follows Shoukry’s go to to Türkiye’s earthquake-hit area final month.
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Diplomatic relations between Ankara and Cairo have been strained for nearly a decade attributable to a number of points starting from maritime disputes to supporting completely different actors in Libya.
Shoukry’s go to to Türkiye in February was the primary by an Egyptian international minister to Ankara in additional than a decade.
Cavusoglu and Shoukry will even trade views on regional and worldwide issues, the assertion from Ankara added.
In November, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el Sisi have been photographed shaking fingers in the course of the World Cup in Qatar.
In the wake of the lethal earthquakes final month, Erdogan and Sisi additionally spoke on the telephone.
In one other signal of normalisation, Cavusoglu had stated in November that Türkiye may re-appoint its ambassador to Cairo “in coming months”.
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